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 ...

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit ... until the March on Washington later that year, when the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr made his "I have a dream" speech. King was a frequent guest ...

Martin Luther King delivered an early version of his ... Her voice was declared a 'natural resource' in Michigan Aretha Franklin's voice was officially declared a "natural resource" in 1985 ...

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

The definitive female soul singer of the '60s, a symbol of black pride, and one of the most influential voices in the history of popular music, Aretha ... her friend Martin Luther King Jr.

Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre open up about portraying the visionary leaders in the lead-up to the passage of the ...