A recently declassified FBI file on the late soul legend Aretha Franklin shows that the Bureau extensively tracked Franklin’s civil rights activism, particularly her friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Angela Davis.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and so today I decided to write about what that means to me. MLK Day marks the celebration of a man who dedicated his life to making others lives better. The battles he fought, and the non-violent manner in which he fought them changed America forever and gave people hope all around the world.
I never had a chance to hear/see Dr. King speak, and though he died many years before my birth I cannot deny that my life is significantly better because of what Dr. King did in his life...
Like most years, the Philadelphia Film Festival was held at the end of October. Unlike most years, they held a series of drive-in screeners and an online streaming platform. Here's our thoughts on some of the fest's most notable films.
