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Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters

“Witness the recording of an album that gives a voice to the centuries-long struggles of Black women.”

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In January 2018, Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell collaborated on a groundbreaking and deeply personal album for Smithsonian Folkways called "Songs of Our Native Daughters." The result was a powerful, modern take on Black women's history and America's shared, but often hidden, musical…