Our project focus is on the Black musical history of the women’s rights movement in the 20th to 21st century. We seek to examine how black women in music advanced the social status of women through their art. We are creating a magazine that takes readers through the 20th and 21st centuries of women’s rights and struggles as told through Black popular music. The magazine will have written pieces detailing specific time periods and important female figures in Black popular music and will include playlists as an auditory guide through the zine. Our analysis covers a range of genres and periods, covering how black women in music have not only reflected social changes but catalyzed them.

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