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A Black Woodstock: Wattstax

James Maycock, The Guardian, 20 July 2002

Intro: This is about 1000 words longer than the version published by The Guardian. There’s much more on the concert, more quotations and more on the Black Power era. Interviewees: Al Bell, Mavis Staples, Richard Dedeaux (Watts Prophets) and Tommy Jacquette)

Total word count of piece: 4614

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