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R&B and Funk Photographer Bruce Talamon Looks Back at His Historic Wattstax Photos

Jesse Jackson, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, the Staple Singers, the Bar-Kays and more. Wattstax, held August 1972, was a celebration of Black joy and excellence for a crowd of more than 100,000 people just seven years after the Watts Uprising. Noted R&B and funk photographer Bruce Talamon recalls what the day was like and the events that shaped his career.

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