How Aretha Franklin’s ‘respect’ Became An Anthem For Civil Rights And Feminism

DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post U.S.
Tue, 08/14/2018 - 10:38am

The Queen of Soul, now gravely ill, took the song written and first recorded by Otis Redding and made it her own.

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