The summer of 1969 was an extraordinary time.

The Stonewall riots ignited the modern LGBTQ riots movement.

Astronauts landed on the moon, Woodstock shaped the anti-war movement, and for Black

Folks in Harlem, it was the Summer of Soul.

The Harlem Cultural Festival was a five-week musical event featuring the top black musicians

of the time, and was sponsored by the city of New York to quell social unrest surrounding the

anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Although the festival was jam-packed, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, Gladys Night and the Pips, and so many other legends,

it was mostly forgotten until footage of the event was discovered and released in the new documentary directed by Questlove, Summer of Soul, or when

the revolution could not be televised.

Today, musician Earth St. James, who is highly influenced by Nina Simone and the music of this

era, joins us to look at the impact these artists from Summer of Soul have had on music

and civil rights.

Listen as we chat with Earth St. James about the wonderful music featured in the documentary

and what the world would be like if the footage of the festival was widely seen at the time.

I'm Fausto Furnos.

I'm Mark Fillion.

And this is Feast of Fun.

Before we begin, let's listen to a little bit of Earth St. James And this is Feast of Fun.

Before we begin, let's listen to a little bit of Earth St. James, a song Under My Bridge.

When, bed, sit and you talk to me under my bridge I got a new story under my brain

Baby I'm still a person under my bridge

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