{"id":4067,"date":"2018-08-17T19:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2018-08-17T19:23:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:23:47","slug":"aretha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=4067","title":{"rendered":"Aretha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Aretha<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There is a reason<br \/>\nPoets write<br \/>\nabout her<br \/>\nPhotographers took pictures<br \/>\nof her<br \/>\nFamous people sought autographs<br \/>\nfrom her<br \/>\nPreachers were an opening act<br \/>\nfor her<br \/>\nSingers sought answers<br \/>\ninside her<br \/>\nMusicians asked God for a gig<br \/>\nwith her<br \/>\nParents danced in the living room<br \/>\nto her<br \/>\nWomen heard their stories<br \/>\nin her<br \/>\nMen heard women<br \/>\nthrough her<br \/>\nThe powerful wanted to stand<br \/>\nby her<br \/>\nThose needing freedom marched beside her<br \/>\nSongs wanted to be written<br \/>\nbecause of her<br \/>\nPoems are written<br \/>\nabout her<br \/>\nSo those born<br \/>\nwithout her<br \/>\nwill know<br \/>\nwhy we call it soul music<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Michael Simanga<br \/>\n8\/16\/2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Michael Simanga, PhD<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=4067\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div 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