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Tony Lawrence

Tony Lawrence

Tony Lawrence is an American singer originally from St. Kitts. As a child, he moved with his family to Virginia, and later New York City. He became known as "The Continental Dreamboat". Lawrence appeared in Paris in 1964. In 1965, he had a successful nationwide tour on behalf of the "Teen 'N Tea Caravan", sponsored by the Tea Council of the U.S.A. In 1968 Lawrence was director of the Harlem Cultural Festival.

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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Title: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Character: Self
Released: July 2, 2021
Type: Movie
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During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
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Black Woodstock
Title: Black Woodstock
Character: Presenter
Released: July 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Harlem Cultural Festival, also known as "Black Woodstock", was a series of music concerts held in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music and culture and to promote the continued politics of black pride. The concerts took place in Harlem's Mount Morris Park on Sundays at 3PM from June 29, 1969 to August 24, 1969. The manifestation came soon after the Watts Riots, and the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.
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