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Sam Cooke: The Timeless Voice of Change

We are celebrating the soul legend on what would have been his 92nd birthday.
10/05/2023
Common, John Legend, James Brown, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Songs Inspired By The Civil Rights Movement

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See New Trailer And Incredible Posters For New Film 'One Night In Miami'

The film depicts Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Sam Cooke.
01/04/2021

[Watch] Students at Omaha Burke High School Had No Idea Their Janitor Was a Rock Star

He wants to give students "something to cheer them up."
03/09/2016
Nina Joins the Block - The Internet tried it but it could not stop the Nina Simone biopic from seeing the light of day. After stills of Zoe Saldaña arrived, depicting the famed singer in what many called blackface, the Internet lost its collective mind.To add insult to injury, the star of the movie herself went out publicly to talk, not so glowingly, about the film's lack of focus.Here we are, almost three years later, and the movie Nina will be out for the world to see on April 22, but how will it stack up against all these other music biopics? Time will tell. – Jon Reyes & Michael Harris (Photo: Ealing Studios Entertainment, Ealing Studios, Londinium Films)

In My Lifetime: Music Biopics

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Bobby Womack

In Memoriam: Bobby Womack

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Michael Jackson

The 25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time

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Martin Luther King Jr., Drive, Atlanta

Put on the Map: U.S. Street Signs Named After Black Legends

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights Era Protest Songs

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This Day in Black History: Jan. 23, 1986

First Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony.
01/23/2012
Sam Cooke

This Day in Black History: Jan. 22, 1931

Gospel and soul singer Sam Cooke born in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
01/21/2012