Marcus Garvey Park
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Marcus Garvey Park is a 20.16-acre park on the border between the Harlem and East Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City. The park, centered on a massive and steep outcropping of schist, int
View in the park looking west
On top of the mount in Marcus Garvey Park, fire watchtower is seen on the left
Apartment building on 124th Street facing Marcus Garvey Park
Harlem Cultural Festival
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The Harlem Cultural Festival was a series of events, mainly music concerts, held annually in Harlem, Manhattan, between 1967 and 1969 which celebrated soul, jazz and gospel and black music and culture
Marcus Garvey Park
…Manhattan Borough President Samuel Levy and approved by Robert Moses in 1936. It was never built. In the summer of 1969, the park was the site of the Harlem Cultural Festival, a series of concerts that came to be known as "Black Woodstock," and the subject of the 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul." The Harlem Fire Watchtower…
Poster for the 1969 festival