Gerald Early
Contributor
Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Author of Tuxedo Junction: Essays on American Culture; The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature, and American Culture.
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Motown, recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit in January 1959 that became one of the most successful Black-owned businesses and one of the most influential independent record companies in American history. The company gave its name to the hugely popular style of soul music that…
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