In campus discussion, Questlove talks ‘Summer of Soul,’ preserving Black history
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 13, 2022
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In the summer of 1969, the Harlem Cultural Festival brought some of music’s biggest acts to a park in New York City. Over six weekends, Black New Yorkers came in droves to see the likes of Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, B.B. King, the Staple Singers and countless other stars.
The festival was filmed extensively — but for 50 years, no one saw the footage. The Harlem Cultural Festival fell into obscurity, a hazy memory few could recall decades later.
Why were the . . .
