Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and RollAuthor: Maureen Mahon African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll from laying its foundations and singing chart topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this, black women's importance to the music's history has been diminished by narratives of rock as a mostly white male enterprise. In Black Diamond Queens, Maureen Mahon draws on recordings, press coverage, archival materials, and interviews to