Motown

American record label Record label MotownParent companyUniversal Music Group (UMG)FoundedJanuary 12, 1959; 67 years ago (1959-01-12)FounderBerry GordyDistributorsRepublic (US)Motown UK/EMI (UK)UMe (reissues)GenreVariousCountry of originUnited StatesLocationDetroit, Michigan, U.S.Official websitemotownrecords.comPart of a series on ethnicAfrican Americans History Periods Timeline Atlantic slave trade Abolitionism in the United States Slavery in the colonial history of the US Revolutionary War Antebellum period Slavery and military history during the Civil War Reconstruction era Politicians Juneteenth Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement Post–civil rights era Aspects Agriculture history Black Belt in the American South Business history Military history Treatment of the enslaved Migrations Great Migration Second Great Migration New Great Migration CultureLifeways Dance Family structure Film Folktales Music Musical theater Names Neighborhoods Newspapers Soul food Schools Education during the slave period in the US Education of freed people during the Civil War History of African-American education, aft