
I don’t feel a particular need to do anything special for Black History Month. After all at That Black Girl Site, we are news 365 days a year. But I do think it is a great time to start a new feature called That Black Girl of The Week. Because sometimes the sisters, we love, admire or want to know more about aren’t front and center in the news. Hell, sometimes they’re off everyone’s radar altogether. Such is the case with Florence Ballard, whose contribution to Motown has been reduced to a tragic footnote. Or wishful thinking if you watched Diana Ross discussing Florence’s departure from the group on “Inside The Actor’s Studio” a couple of years ago. Read the full story




