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: For her contributions to culture, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 2019. The Soundtrack of Liberation

: She often covered payroll for civil rights organizations and financed tours for leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. рџЏ·пёЏ Tag: "aretha"

: Her contracts famously included a clause that she would never perform for segregated audiences. : For her contributions to culture, she received

Beyond the charts, Aretha’s music served as a literal soundtrack for the Civil Rights Movement . Her 1967 rendition of transformed Otis Redding's original song into a global anthem for both racial and gender equality. Her activism was tangible and often private: : For her contributions to culture

: She charted 112 singles on the Billboard charts, including 20 number-one R&B hits.