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Milwaukee's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statue honors his legacy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn the biggest showing of support for King, an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people marched on Milwaukee just a few days removed from his assassination ...
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s up-close view of JFK and LBJ
The Day· 1 hour agoNo one was more important to those battles, or to America’s imagination, than the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Bobby ...
First Black astronaut candidate in U.S. finally goes to space at 90
Axios· 1 day agoEd Dwight, a Black Air Force captain selected in the '60s for the U.S.'s astronaut trainee program,...
Biden gets praise at Morehouse speech as he loses Black support
Newsweek· 7 days agoWith this year's presidential election less than six months away, Biden spoke to Morehouse's recent...
‘Going to be missed’: Viewers, contributors of GBH’s ‘Basic Black’ mourn show being taken off air -...
The Boston Globe· 2 days ago“We relied on ‘Basic Black’ for years to have our perspective,” said Michael Curry, chief executive ...
‘Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.’: 7 Things We Learned From New Music Doc
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe four-hour documentary digs deep into the music, politics, and tragedy of the Southern version of...
McDaniel: What happens when students speak truth to power
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle· 18 hours agoOn Feb. 24, 1969, the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion of high school students for wearing...
From Carla Thomas to Isaac Hayes, HBO Stax documentary is story of 'Soulsville' — and America
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSays Parker: "Those with the power, they wanted Stax Records to be erased." Jones, meanwhile, tells...
Opinion: News reporting has become more sensationalized without the FCC Fairness Doctrine
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoThey delivered it, plain and simple. Back when news was delivered as news, the term ‘Breaking News’...
‘The Beach Boys’ catches the Boomer wave of golden-oldie music documentaries
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoStreaming has yielded bounties in numerous areas, but nowhere more than in the field of music...