The Harlem Cultural Festival (Black Woodstock)
The Harlem Cultural Festival (also known as "Black Woodstock") was a series of music concerts held in Harlem during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music and 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 5th Dimension, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, and Moms Mabley, among many others.
The concerts took place in Harlem's Mount Morris Park on Sundays at 3PM from June 29 to August 24, 1969.
Sly & The Family Stone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 1
Sly & The Family Stone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 2
Sly & The Family Stone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 3
Sly & The Family Stone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 4
Sly & The Family Stone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 5
Nina Simone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 1
Nina Simone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 2
Nina Simone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 3
Nina Simone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 4
Nina Simone - Harlem Cultural Festival - Part 5
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Comment by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 5, 2010 at 2:05pm
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When you hear folks talk about The Black Woodstock, you always hear about Wattstax, but this one here is off the chain, they need to put this on DVD
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Comment by Edie Antoinette on January 5, 2010 at 12:39pm
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I'll see if I can get it to work. I had never heard of this one either. Wow.
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SolePrecious7natoralligatorblublockerwearingterminator....ROFLMBO. I wish that little media player would work, it's like a summery of the whole thing...I had never heard of this festival, i guess they kept it hidden so Woodstock would not have compitition....LOL
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This is simply fantastic!
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Tre was born June 29th two years later.
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*edie just fainted from the goodness* Oy my my my my MY! This is off the charts wonderful! OooooYeah! Thank you my SolePrecious7natoralligatorblublockerwearingterminator!!!!! ROFL
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