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Lawrence made plans for further festivals, aiming to turn the Harlem festival into an international touring enterprise, and made recordings aimed at promoting the festivals. However, a shortage of funding meant that the plans failed to materialize. In 1972, Lawrence made a series of allegations in
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against two of his former legal and business partners, claiming financial irregularities. He took legal action against them for fraud, and also claimed that an attempt had been made on his life and that it remained under threat from the
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Jet - 9 Sep 1965 - Page 64 Vol. 28, No. 22 "...a TV show starring singer Tony
Lawrence is being planned following success of his nationwide tour on behalf of the "Teen 'N Tea Caravan" sponsored by the Tea Council of the
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Lawrence organised further, smaller, versions of the Harlem
Cultural Festival in 1973 and 1974. In 1974, he attempted to set up an International Harlem Cultural Festival, but the plans did not proceed.
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Jet - 15 Feb 1969 - Page 62 Vol. 33, No. 19 - "Harlem
Cultural Festival Director Tony Lawrence is soundly irked because booking agents of "top soul acts" are reneging"
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