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A small #BlackLivesMatter contingent celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday Thursday by hosting a sing-in throughout the N.Y.C. subway system. The group was en-route to the African…

The year 2015 hasn’t even started settled in yet and Madonna has already made people torch her edges. On Friday, the Material Girl posted pictures…

National

“Selma,” the first Hollywood studio film about slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., commanded eight nominations from the NAACP Image Awards, and…

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

R&B crooner The-Dream put his usual love tracks to the side for the video release of “Black”, a mellow, darker song about race and inequality…

Today, marks the anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., allegedly shot to death by James Earl Ray at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray confessed and was sentenced, but promptly recanted and attempted to be tried on an innocent plea. Do you think Ray acted alone?

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Martin L. King and Coretta Scott met by phone in 1952 at the urging of a friend, Ms. Mary Powell. Coretta Scott from Heiberger, Alabama…

For iPhone users: 02/10/14- Unfortunately, the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are embroiled in a battle over the ownership of his 1964 Nobel…

The children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have sunk to an all-time low and perhaps it’s finally time for a real family intervention. America…

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

In a pile of reel-to-reel cassette tapes in an Arizona Goodwill store, was a rare taped recording of a speech made by Dr. Martin Luther…

Black History Month, Rickey Smiley Morning Show

In 1964, the marchers for civil rights and equality of African Americans sang the song that became known as the Civil Rights anthem: “We Shall…