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Motown: Music, Culture, and Impact by amandaduzan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Motown was founded in 1959 in Detroit by Berry Gordy and helped define the soul music genre of the 1960s. Gordy recruited talented local artists and built Motown into one of the most successful black-owned businesses. Acts like The Supremes found mainstream success, with The Supremes becoming the most successful female singing group of all time. Motown sought to produce music that transcended race with a universal sound of pop music. This helped advance the civil rights movement and integrate black music in
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