@CNN: Aretha Franklin was America’s first real grown-up female pop star, writes Kerra L. Bolton for @CNNOpinion. Today’s woke queens owe an enormous debt to her voice, her look and her insistence on the value of her voice and her talent. https://t.co/7j0L6I6PNZ https://t.co/KwiDz85soD

@CNN: Aretha Franklin was America’s first real grown-up female pop star, writes Kerra L. Bolton for @CNNOpinion. Today’s woke queens owe an enormous debt to her voice, her look and her insistence on the value of her voice and her talent. https://t.co/7j0L6I6PNZ https://t.co/KwiDz85soD