Duke University’s Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, professor of black popular culture and host of Left Of Black, wrote an article that appeared in today’s The Atlanta Post.

In the piece, Dr. Neal discusses the history, rise and decline of black music as it relates to business and branding. He draws comparisons between Detroit’s Motown, Memphis’s Stax Records and Philadelphia’s International Records, using Sylvia Rhone’s recent departure from Motown Records as a jump-off point.

Read the entire article on The Atlanta Post’s website. Dr. Neal’s Left Of Black TV show is produced in collaboration with The John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University; past episodes can be viewed here.

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