Meet the Black Female Artists Reshaping Country Music, Features
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Historically, Black women who make country music have been denied opportunities for commercial success or creative satisfaction. But at this potentially transformative time in American history, which has been shaped in part by by the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, their astounding talent now commands a great deal more of the acclaim it deserves.
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