Jan. 3, 1987, marked a monumental moment in music history. On this day, Aretha Franklin — known around the world as the ...

Ralph Lauren became the first-ever fashion designer to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor ...

Much of her work at the time dealt with civil rights and the atrocities committed against Black Americans, such as the lynching of Emmett Till, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the ...

50,000 gather for commemoration of 30-foot statue on National Mall President Obama says Dr King 'stirred our conscience ... in today's political battles Aretha Franklin performs 'Precious Lord ...

The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.

Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Jimmy Carter, U.S. congresswoman ...

U.S. awards celebrate outstanding achievements in areas like bravery, science, arts, and public service, promoting unity and ...

BALABAN: Jackson met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1956 ... BALABAN: In 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, recorded her version at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.

She also became friendly with other cultural iconoclasts, including Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin ... of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and Malcolm X and the death ...

Jimmy Carter’s death this week was a stark reminder of how far our country has strayed from the mission of healing America’s racial divide and devoting our time and resources ...

It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson ‘s “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ...