a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., featuring the music of legendary Grammy-award-winning artist Aretha Franklin. Lyz Luke, the executive director of Living Jazz, wanted Black women to be ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in “What is Your Life’s ... Christian Leadership Conference featuring Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, Joan Baez and others.) ...

Diddy's White Parties were defined by excess. As he heads to trial, the parties are now being examined through a new lens.

Wright, by way of Wright’s second marriage, says that as a child she was told certain myths about Black people — and they are precisely the stories that Dr. Wright sought to discredit ...

In 1892, marketer Asa Candler finalized the purchase of the Coca-Cola formula from inventor Dr. John Pemberton and ... The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Arnold Palmer, Joe Namath, LeBron James ...

It’s commonly known if Aretha Franklin covered a song you wrote and/or recorded ... Though here is celebration of Dr. King having “been to the mountain top”, featuring dozens of artists performing any ...

Despite wide opposition to the Vietnam War from such Black luminaries as the late Dr. Martin Luther King ... undeniable gospel-soul influence of Aretha Franklin. When her voice joins with Bryson ...

The song dated back to 1930, but Nighthawk’s version inspired BB King to cover it in ’56 ... Do Was Cry” was first offered to Erma Franklin (Aretha’s older sister) as an inducement to ...

‘R.E.S.P.E.C.T.’ will celebrate the life and music of Aretha Franklin ... delves into Franklin’s life as an activist, portraying her interactions with Martin Luther King and Sam Cooke.

Even a famous crooner as well-loved and legendary as Aretha Franklin isn’t immune to career downturns. It happens to literally everyone in the music business. Back in 1987, the soul singer hadn ...

Aretha Franklin has written 1 shows including A Night With Janis Joplin (Composer).