There aren’t many people who can almost singlehandedly stop riots. James Brown did just that. JB was in Boston when disturbances began in virtually every major city after the assassination of Martin Luther King. He did what became a free concert and pleaded for calm, asking the crowd and rioters to honor the ideals expressed by Dr. King. They listened for the most part. Brown went to Washington, DC and other cities, walking the neighborhoods and pleading for peace in the streets. They listened there, too. And, oh yeah, JB kept making the funkiest music of the day. His dance moves in this video are from another planet.
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