As much as some may bemoan the state of the nation, we just watched:
WGBH | James Brown: Live at the Boston Garden, 1968:
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"On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Boston, a city that was no stranger to racial tension, seemed ready to join the more than 60 other communities across the nation that were rioting. Mayor Kevin White considered canceling all public events in an effort to stem any potential violence."
This was the year of the killings of Dr.King, Bobby Kennedy, cities on fire, war protest, a failed presidency... turmoil
Makes a recession feel tame.
And ... we have a pending black president ... how things change
At the concert, and a day later, in Washington DC, James called for peace and that violence was anathema to the spirit of Dr. King
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