Music

It’s Time to Celebrate the Black Women Who Invented Rock and Roll

MAKING HISTORY

Black women like Sister Rosetta Tharpe were doing rock and roll before it had a name, and they deserve to be recognized in the same household way as the men who followed suit.

opinion
210514-holloway-rockroll-tease_kjoxzx
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Getty

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.