Motown
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.
Motown
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.