On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Twenty-four hours later, James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” took the stage in Boston for a now-legendary concert, simulcast throughout Boston on PBS, that has been considered as the beginning of America’s healing process. The story of the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to this broadcast, as well as Brown’s tumultuous relationship with the civil rights movement, is the focus of this fascinating story of music, politics, and American culture. Recommended not only to James Brown fans, but to anybody interested in the political and cultural clashes of the 1960s.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Review Thursday: Nonfiction
The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved the Soul of America by James Sullivan, 2008
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Twenty-four hours later, James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” took the stage in Boston for a now-legendary concert, simulcast throughout Boston on PBS, that has been considered as the beginning of America’s healing process. The story of the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to this broadcast, as well as Brown’s tumultuous relationship with the civil rights movement, is the focus of this fascinating story of music, politics, and American culture. Recommended not only to James Brown fans, but to anybody interested in the political and cultural clashes of the 1960s.
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Twenty-four hours later, James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” took the stage in Boston for a now-legendary concert, simulcast throughout Boston on PBS, that has been considered as the beginning of America’s healing process. The story of the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to this broadcast, as well as Brown’s tumultuous relationship with the civil rights movement, is the focus of this fascinating story of music, politics, and American culture. Recommended not only to James Brown fans, but to anybody interested in the political and cultural clashes of the 1960s.
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