The rest of the title is: How James Brown Saved the Soul of America. The book looks at the life of James Brown but it starts out with how after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, one day later James Brown did his scheduled concert in Boston and allowed them to televise it & play to the local audience too. This was done in order that people could stay home & enjoy the concert & also for a healing affect after MLK's death. There was rioting in other cities but in Boston it wasn't nearly as violent. Boston was also one of MLK's towns, going to school there & meeting his wife there. An interesting read about this concert and about James Brown the person. I am not a big fan of his music but also had no idea of it either since was before my time and a style wasn't really into either.
There is 1 WL for it but there is a crack in the spine enough that probably shouldn't post on PBS. This will go into my give away books.
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