Kick off the Juneteenth Celebration weekend with John Capouya in learning about the inspiring soul artists who assisted in the Civil Rights Movement!
Gospel and folk music were important in the struggle for equality, but soul music also inspired and united Americans. Soul artists like Aretha Franklin and Florida’s own Sam and Dave and Timmy Thomas supported Dr. Martin Luther King directly, and their music and messages, along with Sam Cooke and Curtis Mayfield, became anthems of the movement. John Capouya, author of the award-winning book Florida Soul, tells this important story in words, images, and stirring soul music from the 1960s and 1970s.
The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center invites you to join us in a screening of Capouya’s lecture “Respect: Soul Music in the Civil Rights Movement.”
This event will take place at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center (102 M L King Ave.) in the Excelsior Room at 4:00 pm. Onsite parking and cash bar are available. This event will be available virtually, but the LMCC is hosting a screening in our Excelsior Room. The event is free and open to the public. Please register here for the virtual program, and register here for the in-person screening of the lecture.
Guest Bio
John Capouya is a retired professor of journalism and nonfiction writing at the University of Tampa. Before his teaching career he worked at Sport, Newsweek and SmartMoney magazines and newspapers including Newsday and The New York Times.
He is the author of three nonfiction books. His biography Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture has twice been optioned for feature films. Capouya’s most recent book, Florida Soul, reveals that state’s rich R&B history in 20 profiles. Florida Soul won the Charlton Tebeau Award from the Florida Historical Society and The Wall Street Journal called the book “compelling,” saying, “Mr. Capouya is to be commended.”
This Florida Talks program was sponsored in part by Florida Humanities with funds from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the aforementioned entities.