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Rickey Vincent
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Associate Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies, California College of the Arts. Author of Funk: The Music, the People and the Rhythm of the One and The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music.

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Sly and the Family Stone pose together, smiling and making peace signs, in front of a circular wall feature after arriving in London for their first British tour.
Sly and the Family Stone, American rock and funk band that became widely popular in the late 1960s with a string of anthemlike pop singles, stirring socially relevant albums, and memorable live performances. As a performer, songwriter, and social satirist, bandleader Sly Stone stood among the…
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