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• Inducted 1995
• Inducted members include:• Rosalind Ashford-Holmes• Betty Kelley• Lois Reeves• Martha Reeves• Annette Sterling-Helton
• Released a string of hits in the mid ‘60s for the Motown Record label
Martha and the Vandellas
• Summertime anthem appealing to youth of America
• Celebratory lyrics also interpreted to refer to protests
• Became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement
• Reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart
“Dancing in the Street”Written by Marvin Gaye, William “Mickey” Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter
• Movement of 6 mil African Americans from rural south to urban north
• Two waves between 1910-1970
• Escaping the racism prevalent in the south allowed for black Americans to explore their creativity
• Harlem Renaissance, Motown
The Great Migration
Detroit
• Lorem ipsum Motown Records• Established 1959 by Barry
Gordy Jr.
• Business modeled after Ford Motor Co.’s assembly line
• Process resulted in a new style of music known as the “Motown Sound” (also called “The Sound of Young America”)