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the book is forthcoming. by Danyel Smith. a history of black women in pop. from It Books/HarperCollins (2014). now writing. tumbling this stuff keeps me inspired, and keeps my brain sane.

“Dick Clark, in a way, protected you from that…You didn’t even think about that. We performed for blacks and whites together in the audience.”

—Bertha Barbee-McNeal, of The Velvelettes

“Dick Clark, in a way, protected you from that…You didn’t even think about that. We performed for blacks and whites together in the audience.”

Bertha Barbee-McNeal, of The Velvelettes

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