The documentary ‘Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)’ explores the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Sly & The Family Stone — a band that defined a new era in the 1960s, led by a frontman as brilliant as he was erratic
Several documentaries examine a decade that turned out to be a turning point in history. The progressive social values that were first mooted then are now under attack from the far right, though not for the first time
Filmmaker Jordan Peele selects his favorite Black authors in ‘Out There Screaming,’ an anthology of stories. The book serves as the cultural industry’s spearhead against racial clichés
Most government offices and some private companies are closed on 11 federal holidays
The Motown artist met a tragic end on April 1, 1984, when his father shot him in the middle of a family argument with the gun that he himself had given him
Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin, suspended from service in Madrid for his pacifist positions, officiated at a ceremony for the deceased opponent Alexei Navalny in Germany, from where he urges Russians to ‘study all forms of non-violent resistance’
Proposals to honor Dr. King with a federal holiday surged immediately after his assassination. The first observance was on 1986
Adams is a kind of archaeologist of an endangered architecture; today his home is an unofficial museum of the history of the neighborhood
The activist is now known as the ‘Mother of the Civil Rights Movement’ for refusing to give up her seat in 1955. This is the story of how it happened
“We can’t let hate prevail, and it’s on the rise. It’s not diminishing,” Biden said at the White House as he met with civil rights advocates and the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Saturday’s gathering was a precursor to the actual anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington
The Teamsters said in a statement that 86% of the votes casts were in favor of ratifying the national contract
In the decades before and after 1963, Black churches and denominations have had diverse priorities and political approaches
While historians may dwell on the civil rights leader’s extramarital affairs, we must not lose sight of his heroism in the face of injustice
For decades after her brother’s assassination in 1968, Farris worked along with his widow, Coretta Scott King, to preserve and promote his legacy
‘He was one of the few presidents who really was an advocate for the Black community out of a pureness of heart,’ said the Rev. Bernice King, who leads the King Center that her mother founded
Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home with his wife Pamela by his side
Two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence. They’re being heralded as living echoes of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s
Her life and work had a profound impact on literature and society, especially with regard to issues of race, gender, and trauma
Dr. King was leading efforts against poverty, capitalism and the Vietnam War when he was shot, more than half a century ago
The vice president will be joined by former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a senior adviser to the president for public engagement, and Mitch Landrieu, a White House senior advisor
It was the seventh 50-point game of the basketball player’s career
The civil rights activist, gunned down in Memphis in 1968 as he advocated for better pay and working conditions for the city’s sanitation workers, would have celebrated his 94th birthday Sunday
Religion colors everything in American politics, from the abortion debate to the rise of far-right Christian nationalism, and it’s all on display in Georgia’s Senate race