Join us for this special 40-minute lecture with author and Professor of Writing and Journalism at the University of Tampa, John Capouya.

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In this lecture, journalist and professor John Capouya, author of the newly published book, Florida Soul, discusses the evolution of rhythm and blues music in black communities and on the ”chitlin’ circuit” in the era of segregation, the vital role soul played in the civil rights movement, and how artists like Sam & Dave, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke crossed over the racial divide into the mainstream, changing American culture.