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Motown Museum encouraging next generation of talent
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DETROIT – As we celebrate Black History Month, we stopped by a little house on West Grand Boulevard.
It’s the home of Berry Gordy’s Motown Records, now the Motown Museum started and preserved by Esther Gordy Edwards. Motown broke racial barriers like no other record label and today the museum is paving a way for the next generation of artists.
“In 2021, Motown to me is all about inspiration,” said museum CEO Robin Terry.
It’s the music that not only inspires but has transcended time, created right inside of Studio A. The Motown Museum keeps the stories of what happened there alive, spearheaded by Robin Terry, the great niece of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.
Hour Detroit Magazine
February 15, 2021
Museums across the country and here in our own backyard are working to rebound in 2021 after in-person attendance and budgets withered last year. It will pose a tricky challenge for those at the helm. The six women profiled here are part of a national trend: More women than ever hold executive roles at museums, according to a survey released in 2018 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. But diversity is stagnant. The number of people of color in similar positions grew from just 11 percent to 12 percent between 2015 and 2018, when data was most recently available. All the women profiled pointed to mentorship as a possible remedy.