What’s Going On? | Motown Vs. Stax | Black History, For Real | Podcast

The Civil Rights Movement is at its peak. Trouble’s brewing in the streets and inside Motown and Stax records. Stax artists watch in disbelief as Los Angeles burns during the Watts’ uprising. Things get worse when soulful singer Otis Redding is dealt a tragic hand by Lady Luck. Meanwhile, Motown is slapped with a lawsuit from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s lawyers and Diana Ross and the Supremes are rebelling against the labels management. If Motown and Stax are going to survive this turbulent time, they’ll have to overcome the internal divisions driving them apart.

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I wonder if you guys would consider doing an episode on Gil Scott Heron and H. Rap Brown and the other New Black Poets from the 60s and 70s. I think that would be an interesting subject to tackle