2021-03-23 • 48 min
Aretha, inspired by Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers, records her protest album “Young, Gifted and Black” in 1970. Despite Jerry Wexler’s uncertainty, the album is a success. Barbara Franklin makes a decision that has a devastating effect on Little Re in 1951.
Marque Richardson
King Curtis
Michael Alban
Second Famous Producer
Chandra Lynn Alexander
Sister Helen
Jana Allen
Second Journalist
Kenny Banks Jr.
Billy Preston
Kameron Corvet
Cornell Dupree
Andrew Eakle
Studio Technician
Mario Fogg
Ray Lucas
Brittany Guess
Angela Davis
Dean Grimes
First Cop
Tommy Groth
Party Photographer
Lauren Halperin
First Journalist
Jason Elwood Hanna
William Christmas
Jerren Jackson
Teddy Richards
Bobby James
James McClain
Philip Mallory
Chuck Rainey
Anderson Martin
Bailiff James Lane
Tim McAdams
Ruchell Magee
Braelyn Rankins
Clarence Franklin
Willie Repoley
Tom Dowd
Tyler Richardson
Edward Franklin
Paul E. Short
Harold Haley
Brett Solomano
Gary Thomas
Madison Turner
Jonathan Jackson
Aubriana Davis
Erma Franklin
Sydney Hunter
Carolyn Franklin
Pauletta Washington
Rachel Franklin
Steven G. Norfleet
Cecil Franklin
Drake Strickland
Cecil Franklin
Antonique Smith
Barbara Franklin
T.I.
Ken Cunningham
Sam Younis
Arif Mardin
Meelah
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