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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· 14 hours agoNo one was more important to those battles, or to America’s imagination, than the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Bobby ...
‘Going to be missed’: Viewers, contributors of GBH’s ‘Basic Black’ mourn show being taken off air -...
The Boston Globe· 3 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· 6 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· 1 day 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...
First Black astronaut candidate in U.S. finally goes to space at 90
Axios· 2 days agoEd Dwight, a Black Air Force captain selected in the '60s for the U.S.'s astronaut trainee program,...
Ska, with some silliness mixed in? That’s sheer Madness. - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 3 days agoThe end result was videos like “One Step Beyond,” “House of Fun,” and “Our House,” exuberantly goofy...
Can Chicago’s 2024 DNC Shake Off the Long Shadow of ’68?
Vanity Fair· 6 days agoDick Simpson was there. It was 1968, and he was serving as the Illinois campaign manager for Eugene...
Tune in Tonight: ‘Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.’ recalls a musical upstart - The Republic News
The Republic News· 7 days agoThe four-part series “Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.” (9 p.m., and 10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA, concluding Tuesday) recalls a short-lived musical revolution. In the 1950s, Sun Records would witness the birth ...