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Harlem Timeline

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on 6 MusicLatest broadcast: on 6 Music

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Soweto Kinch continues his personal journey to discover the story of Harlem. Today he'll be be tracing what happened from the end of the 1940s to the 1970s, taking in the story of soul music, and the growth of doo wop, but also looking at the social problems of the 60s, when Harlem's name was synonymous with protests and violence.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2009. Show less

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