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Milwaukee's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statue honors his legacy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Milwaukee at least twice. Now, Milwaukee honors King’s legacy with...Auditorium ...
100 years over the waves: WTAG marks century as Worcester's flagship radio station
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoOn July 1, 1963, WTAG, after nearly five years of being an independent station, rejoined the NBC...
Biden gets praise at Morehouse speech as he loses Black support
Newsweek· 5 days agoWith this year's presidential election less than six months away, Biden spoke to Morehouse's recent...
From Carla Thomas to Isaac Hayes, HBO Stax documentary is story of 'Soulsville' — and America
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 4 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 hours agoEd Dwight, a Black Air Force captain selected in the '60s for the U.S.'s astronaut trainee program,...
Harry Edwards to sociology grads: Even in turbulent times, believe in yourself - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley NewsCenter· 7 hours agoIntro: This is Berkeley Talks, a Berkeley News podcast from the Office of Communications and Public...
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin coming to Saratoga on June 2
Albany Times Union· 9 hours agoOf all the award-winning books presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has written over the past...
‘Going to be missed’: Viewers, contributors of GBH’s ‘Basic Black’ mourn show being taken off air -...
The Boston Globe· 17 hours ago“We relied on ‘Basic Black’ for years to have our perspective,” said Michael Curry, chief executive ...
‘The Beach Boys’ catches the Boomer wave of golden-oldie music documentaries
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoStreaming has yielded bounties in numerous areas, but nowhere more than in the field of music...
Tune in Tonight: ‘Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.’ recalls a musical upstart - The Republic News
The Republic News· 5 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 ...