James Brown performs at the Olympia Hall in Paris, 1971. Brown is credited for calming racial tensions with a live performance in Boston three years earlier in the aftermath of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. (AFP/Getty Images)

The Godfather of Soul Saves Boston

James Brown performs at the Olympia Hall in Paris, 1971. Brown is credited for calming racial tensions with a live performance in Boston three years earlier in the aftermath of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

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