• Inducted 1995

• Inducted members include:• Rosalind Ashford-Holmes• Betty Kelley• Lois Reeves• Martha Reeves• Annette Sterling-Helton

• Released a string of hits in the mid ‘60s for the Motown Record label

Martha and the Vandellas

• Summertime anthem appealing to youth of America

• Celebratory lyrics also interpreted to refer to protests

• Became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement

• Reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart

“Dancing in the Street”Written by Marvin Gaye, William “Mickey” Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter

• Movement of 6 mil African Americans from rural south to urban north

• Two waves between 1910-1970

• Escaping the racism prevalent in the south allowed for black Americans to explore their creativity

• Harlem Renaissance, Motown

The Great Migration

Detroit

• Lorem ipsum Motown Records• Established 1959 by Barry

Gordy Jr.

• Business modeled after Ford Motor Co.’s assembly line

• Process resulted in a new style of music known as the “Motown Sound” (also called “The Sound of Young America”)