Memphis celebrates Wattstax anniversary with film screening
Memphis remembers the ‘Black Woodstock’
The Wattstax festival crowd seen in 1972. (Courtesy Stax Museum)
The concert sometimes called the “Black Woodstock” turns 50 this year.
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Judaea, an intern at The Daily Memphian, is a writer and performer from Memphis. A dedicated creative, she began writing as soon as she taught herself to read.
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