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The Black Woodstock: Summer of Soul

In the summer of '69, the summer-long Harlem Cultural Festive saw more than 300,000 music lovers, few to no cops, with the Black Panthers providing security. BY DWIGHT BROWN, NNPA News Wire Film Critic It was a volatile time. Malcom and Martin had been assassinated in recent years. Civil uprisings and riots had just simmered […]

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