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date: 17 March 2025

Motownlocked

Black-owned record company, most commercially successful and culturally influential record company of the 1960s, which produced a distinct musical style that appealed to audiences across racial boundaries.

Motownlocked

Black-owned record company, most commercially successful and culturally influential record company of the 1960s, which produced a distinct musical style that appealed to audiences across racial boundaries.
  • Suzanne Smith

A version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.

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