Back in 1932 I was 32 years old and a fairly new husband. My wife, Nettie and I were living in a little apartment on Chicago's Southside. One hot August afternoon I had to go to St. Louis, where I was ...

You know "Glory" by now—after all, it's been one of the talks of the town as of late, and certainly one of Common's most visible hits in some time. The song, written for the film Selma, which follows ...

Despite all the controversy, Beyonce totally delivered with her amazing rendition of the gospel standard "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" at last night's GRAMMYs, and now we're getting a ...

On the chilly evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. He was preparing to leave for dinner, and looking down in the parking lot, ...