In this conversation from
April 2022, former guest host
Juana Summers sits down with author
Danyel Smith to chat about her book,
Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop. They talk all about Black women in music — like Gladys Knight, Mahalia Jackson and Whitney Houston — whose true genius and contributions have not yet been fully recognized.
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