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Detroit's '67 Riots Halted Music, Helped Recalibrate Sound
https://patch.com/michigan/detroit/detroits-67-riots-halted-music-helped-recalibrate-sound

"The songs were beginning to reflect the turbulence in America," said White, who wrote 2016's "Motown: The Sound of America" with Barney Ales, former company executive vice president and general manager.

"Motown was willing to address those difficult topics more in '68 — producers, songwriters, artists. That was a consequence of the political and cultural upheavals happening in America."