In 1966, Simone wrote and performed “Four Women,” a musical portrait of different stereotyped Black women who were exploited ...

LERONE MARTIN: He's known as the Happy Am I preacher, so he has this kind of charisma, smiling, very happy. My name is Dr. Lerone Martin, and I am the director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research ...

Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his first hit in 1958, singing lead with The Impressions. He later moved to Chicago and entered local politics. Originally broadcast in 2000.

You asked for it, and we delivered! From the Civil Rights marches of the ’60s to today’s fight for justice, every generation of Black resistance has been powered by music. Anthems of Pride – Music ...

Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux was a renowned Black preacher and broadcaster. Radio Diaries' series "Making Waves" looks at ...

Curtis Mayfield was short, and with his rabbity grin and small rectangular-wire-framed glasses hanging halfway down his nose, ...

Soul and gospel singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples has been at it for seven decades, crafting a legacy most could only dream of.

A new one-woman show from the producer of “Baby Reindeer” and “Fleabag” is an irreverent allegory about wildfires and global ...

Against the radical, if reactionary, experiment run from the White House, everyone from Democratic leaders in Congress to ...

It has been over 50 years since Nat King Cole's passing, but his legacy has made its mark on the R&B and Jazz communities ...

Curtis Mayfield’s catalog is filled with wisdom, groove, and emotion. Whether addressing social issues or matters of the ...