James Brown on understanding his influence on the Black community and being a man. from James Brown: Black Leader
- 11 years ago
James Brown. A clip from the documentary, "The Night James Brown Saved Boston", features Interviews from a clip from "The Night James Brown Saved Boston" discussing James Brown as a spokesperson for the black community. And the importance of being a man on the Mike Douglas Show.
Video transcript:
Male Speaker 1: Gone was the trademark of the Polydor, in was the afro.
James Brown: This is the idea of let's get in together an idea of giving money into the black community. If we can keep a turnover going then we shall overcome only if we all come over.
Male Speaker 2: He realized his power. He saw his power. He saw his influence. He discovered that he was somebody.
Male Speaker 3: By 1969, the majority of the black activist leaders had been eliminated, jailed, assassinated, and marginalized. One of the few spokespersons for the black community was James Brown. When you see him on the Mike Douglas Show as a guess host, you realize that James Brown was one of the few authentic black representatives that were given some national exposure at that time.
He will speak out as to how he felt by not taking a lot of time, you know a lot of people, I don't think he should've said that but that was what he said, what he really wanted to say.
James Brown: For a long time, I haven't got a man and I'm still not -- I'm still under the classification as a man. He is saying he is a man, he is a cogman. He's a negro man. Why can't he be a man? Do you call yourself a man known that I pay taxes same as you, staying right here and use my sweat and blood to help build this country and I got to be a segment there and clear the citizen. Do you call that a man?
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Video transcript:
Male Speaker 1: Gone was the trademark of the Polydor, in was the afro.
James Brown: This is the idea of let's get in together an idea of giving money into the black community. If we can keep a turnover going then we shall overcome only if we all come over.
Male Speaker 2: He realized his power. He saw his power. He saw his influence. He discovered that he was somebody.
Male Speaker 3: By 1969, the majority of the black activist leaders had been eliminated, jailed, assassinated, and marginalized. One of the few spokespersons for the black community was James Brown. When you see him on the Mike Douglas Show as a guess host, you realize that James Brown was one of the few authentic black representatives that were given some national exposure at that time.
He will speak out as to how he felt by not taking a lot of time, you know a lot of people, I don't think he should've said that but that was what he said, what he really wanted to say.
James Brown: For a long time, I haven't got a man and I'm still not -- I'm still under the classification as a man. He is saying he is a man, he is a cogman. He's a negro man. Why can't he be a man? Do you call yourself a man known that I pay taxes same as you, staying right here and use my sweat and blood to help build this country and I got to be a segment there and clear the citizen. Do you call that a man?
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