The Sexy Soundtrack for the ‘New Black Middle Class’ The mid 1970s were a time of great change in America. The civil rights movement was gaining momentum, and the country was slowly beginning to shed its racist skin.
But beneath this surface level progress lay a complex web of socioeconomic disparities that would only continue to grow.
It is within this context that "The Quiet Storm," a radio program on a small college station, emerged as a cultural phenomenon.