BBC Radio 4 spotlights Motown's spoken word label

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In 1970, Berry Gordy set up a Motown spoken word label. It was called Black Forum and recorded poetry, civil rights speeches, African-American soldiers in Vietnam and more, before closing in 1973 after eight releases.

In recent years, those releases have started to attract interest and some have been reissued. What has been revealed is a powerful testament to the African-American experience at a turbulent time in American society. Financial educator and spoken word record collector Alvin Hall listens to the recordings and talks to those who were involved in their making.

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