Aretha Franklin - (To Be) Young, Gifted, And Black
Why the open web links it
A powerful and iconic performance of a civil rights-era anthem by Aretha Franklin.
Linked by 6 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including wustl.edu, villagevoice.com, lhmagazin.com, nature-poems.com, thirddrawerdown.com.