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The Black Panthers House Funk Band

February 23, 2017
Arts, Culture & Media

The rise and fall of a 70s funk band created by the Black Panthers.

The Black Panthers House Funk Band

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

July 31, 2015
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
A selection of gospel records and album covers from the 1960s and '70s. Many gospel artists of this era used the B-sides of their 45s for civil rights anthems.

How the forgotten music of the civil rights movement was hiding in plain sight

April 14, 2015
Music
How the forgotten music of the civil rights movement was hiding in plain sight

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