Motown Records celebrates 50 years

(01:59) Report

Jan 9 - Motown Records will celebrate its 50th birthday on January 12.

Motown launched the careers of The Jackson 5, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder, to name a few. But the label and its black artists had to overcome widespread racism in the 1960s, especially in the turbulent southern states of America, to play music for all the world to hear.

Cindy Martin reports.

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