Motown was specific in its focus on the promotion of their artists by: A promoting while artists sounded black
B promoting a diverse group of artists to appeal to a more crossover audience
C promoting african american clasical musical artists
D deliberately promoting african American artists with attention to their image

D. Deliberately promoting African American artists with attention to their image

Explanation:

Mowtown started as the record company, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1959. Gordy’s idea for Mowtown was to promote African American artists and their sounds, primarily rhythm, and blues.

As such, it played important role in the rise of popularity of African American artists and racial integration of their music in the rest of the popular music. Over time, the record house has produced many famous artists such as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross. The particular style of rhythm and blues named Motown emerged after the material the record company produced.