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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.
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“ ‘No Scrubs’…We just couldn’t believe it. We were always on a high with it. We were thankful that we were even able to stumble across a hit like that. It’s a girl anthem.
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Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas
upnorthtrips: BACK IN THE DAY |4/3/90| En Vogue released their debut album, Born to Sing, on Atlantic Records.

upnorthtrips:

BACK IN THE DAY |4/3/90| En Vogue released their debut album, Born to Sing, on Atlantic Records.

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The first and final Grammy for Best Disco Recording was awarded on this day in 1980, to Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

The first and final Grammy for Best Disco Recording was awarded on this day in 1980, to Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

jooksi: #nowreading “Mighty, Mighty Motown” by @danamo in #essence #motown #broadway thank you for posting this! //Danyel Smith aka @danamo

jooksi:

#nowreading “Mighty, Mighty Motown” by @danamo in #essence #motown #broadway

thank you for posting this! //Danyel Smith aka @danamo

#sheiseverywoman

#sheiseverywoman

'Mavis Staples, 73, belongs to the folk wing of gospel. Her values are grounded in the civil rights and labor union movements and the ideals of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Her concert, which mixed R&B, folk, country and traditional spirituals, reflected a long view of history in which the downtrodden’s struggles against injustice require patience and perseverance...' 

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