Aretha Franklin Flashcards
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Respect became a cultural anthem with AF.’s 1967 version, transforming Otis Redding’s original 1965 song
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While Redding’s version demanded respect in a relationship, Franklin turned it into a powerful of autonomy and dignity especially for women
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Released during the Civil Rights Movement the song resonated with African amercians fighting for equality in a segregated society becoming a symbol of resistance
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It also emerged as an early feminist anthem empowering women to demand equal recognition
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The iconic lines «respect» and «sock it to me» became Universal calls for justice cementing franklin as the «queen of soul» and a voice for change in the 1960s
