The Spectacular Story of Harlem’s Black Woodstock

Questlove’s new documentary ‘Summer of Soul’ is an in-depth look into the soundtrack behind Black American life during the fiery summer of 1969

Bonsu Thompson
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5 min readJun 26, 2021

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Photo courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

The year 1969 was one of those touchstone periods in United States history. As the ’60s came to a close, the worlds of American science…

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Bonsu Thompson
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Bonsu Thompson is a writer, producer, Brooklynite and 2019 Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow.