A review by melanie_reads
Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith

informative medium-paced

4.5

What an amazing read! I often think about how racism in American culture has kept music separated to the detriment of all but also how blind I am as a white person to influential Black women in music. This book had me looking up songs and singers left and right and I'm all the more fulfilled because of it. We need more of this for healing and to more fully understand how dominant white culture has taken from Black women without paying its proper due.