In a rare and illuminating conversation on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with the late Gus Newport, a revered human rights activist and former mayor of Berkeley. While many recognize Newport ...

Civil rights activist and stealth Trekker Martin Luther King Jr. had an intense conversation with one of the show's main cast ...

Continuing one of America's most influential legacies, Dr. Bernice King has established herself as a formidable force for justice and reconciliation in her own right. As we mark Black History Month, ...

1940—Smokey Robinson is born William Robinson in Detroit, Mich. He formed “The Miracles” in 1955 while still in high school. With his voice and poetry of song, Robinson led The Miracles as the group ...

The hotel originally opened as the Regency Hyatt House in 1967. Derrick Morrow, vice president and general manager for The ...

Comedian W. Kamau Bell speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his decision to perform at the Kennedy Center after President ...

National Black History Month, we remember an essential part of our national history. It’s one that includes the racism that ...

Samuel L. Jackon's Super Bowl LIX cameo was a full-circle moment reflecting his lifelong commitment to social commentary and ...

Case in point: Reginald Hudlin’s illuminating doc about Sidney Poitier. Hudlin doesn’t resort to ... But the “get” of all gets might have been guests Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, who ...

Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Jr. met in Boston while both pursued their higher education degrees. Coretta Scott was a student at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston ...

the son of the legendary slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., talked to PEOPLE about what it was like spending the first 10 years of his life living in the same house as the man who ...

When I heard Dr. King talk about the dream, I knew, in my young mind, I had to fulfill the dream,” she said passionately, bringing up Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Now ... Piece of the Action,” co-star ...