I also recently published a piece with the The Library of Congress about Ola Belle Reed and the meaningfulness of her 1973 self-titled album being added to the National Recording Registry

https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Ola-Belle-Reed_Alexander.pdf

This new piece builds on a prior article on Ola Belle Reed that I wrote in 2023, also for UMBC Magazine

https://umbc.edu/stories/the-enduring-legacy-of-ola-belle-reed/

The Enduring Legacy of Ola Belle Reed

A new exhibition, Ola Belle Reed: I’ve Endured, on view at UMBC, traces the singer-songwriter's rise to national prominence in the 1960s.

UMBC: