Legend

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, passed way Thursday morning

Petition calls for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to pardon Assata Shakur

NBA legend Wilt Chamberlin becomes first player commemorated on U.S. postage stamp

Famed entertainer Geoffrey Holder dead at 84

Alice Coachman, first black woman to win Olympic gold medal dead at 90

Video: happy birthday Tupac

Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn dead at 54

Ruby Dee dead at 91

With ‘At Times Like This,’ poet Nikki Giovanni remembers Maya Angelou

With moving words, Oprah Winfrey reflects on legacy of Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou dead at 86

New York celebrates jazz legend’s birthday with unveiling of ‘Miles Davis Way’

Civil rights activist Vincent Harding dead at 82

House music legend Frankie Knuckles dead at 59

Remembering Aaliyah on her 35th birthday

Frank McCain of the ‘Greensboro Four’ dead at 73

Amiri Baraka, activist, poet and playwright dead at 79

Google ‘doogle’ honors birthday of Zora Neale Hurston

TLC biopic premieres tonight, will you be watching?

Maya Angelou to be awarded Mailer Lifetime Achievement Award

On This Day: Nelson Mandela Honored With Congressional Gold Medal

Grace Jones To Write Book About Her Life

VIDEO: Janelle Monåe | The Return of Artistry in R&B, Soul, & Hip Hop

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