S1, E2: Disco hit its peak in the mid-to-late 70s, conquering the mainstream and turning black women and gay men into icons. From Donna Summer’s anthemic, provocative single Love to Love You Baby to Sylvester’s You Make Me Feel Mighty Real, Disco was everywhere. At a time when the post-civil rights generation struggled to be heard politically and socially, their call for liberation was found in disco.