Wattstax
 Wattstax was a festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20 1972 organized by Memphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as "the Afro-American answer to Woodstock". There have been several CDs with the recordings from this festival and also a movie. The master of ceremonies was Jesse Jackson, and it contained several interviews with Richard Pryor. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In September of 2004, the PBS series "P.O.V." aired a documentary about the concert and the movie. That same month, the movie was released on DVD. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Los Angeles Coliseum: REDIRECT Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum... August 20: August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 133 days remaining.... 1972: 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday.... Wattstax related Images and Photos (experimental)
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