Black Woodstock

Black Woodstock

Black Woodstock was a series of music concerts held in Harlem during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music & culture and to promote the continued politics of black pride. Notable participants included Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly & the Family Stone, Jesse Jackson, Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach, the Fifth Dimension, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, and Moms Mabley among many others.

Sources

* Smithsonian Institute article: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/woodstock.html?c=y&page=1
* image of Festival Poster with select video footage: http://loadedtothegills.blogspot.com/2007/06/sly-stone-at-harlem-fesitval-1969.html


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