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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Black Excellence

Black Excellence

The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Brimming With Black Excellence—and a Posthumous Appearance by Aretha Franklin

Amazing Grace Is a Cinematic Blessing and a Transcendental Spiritual Experience

Icon, Unfiltered: Stephanie Mills Talks Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, and Why the Music Industry Doesn't Honor Black Artists

Aretha Franklin's Assets Were Stolen Prior to Her Death

1/13/19 10:44AM

What You Want? Baby, You Got It: Aretha Franklin’s Biopic Lands Black Female Director

Tonja Renée Stidhum

1/11/19 11:08AM

The Year That Was: A Love Letter to Black Women

12/31/18 9:15AM

The IRS Wants All of Its Money From Aretha Franklin, Who Reportedly Owed Millions in Back Taxes

Tonja Renée Stidhum

12/28/18 11:10AM

Tyler Perry Presents Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul—Starring Perry and Featuring SZA, John Legend, Common and More

Tonja Renée Stidhum

12/27/18 2:49PM

In a New Interview, Smokey Robinson Says He Regrets Not Recording With Friend Aretha Franklin

11/28/18 2:23PM

Broadway Legend Ben Vereen Is Still Steppin’ Out With New Stage Gigs and Lee Daniels’ Star

Karu F. Daniels

11/14/18 12:57PM

A Long-Awaited Aretha Doc Is Now Due for Release—But Is That What the Queen of Soul Wanted?

11/08/18 9:53AM

Own a Piece of Music History: Items from Aretha Franklin’s Stage Wardrobe Are Going to Auction

10/30/18 5:27PM

Fit for a Queen: Gladys Knight, Ledisi Among Singers Tapped to Honor Aretha Franklin at the American Music Awards

9/27/18 10:14AM

6 Women, Endless Inspiration: Black Girls Rock! 2018 Reminds Us of Our Infinite Potential

9/10/18 12:42PM

Jasper Williams and the Stupidity of Respectability

Michael Harriot

It's Official: Aretha Franklin's Family Thought That Eulogy Was Just as Trash as You Did

Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. Defends Eulogy He Delivered at Aretha Franklin's Funeral

Terrell Jermaine Starr

The 10 Best, Blackest, Messiest and Ugliest Moments From Aretha Franklin's Epic Marathon Homegoing

9/01/18 12:33PM

Detroit Bishop Apologizes for Comparing Ariana Grande's Name to a Taco Bell Item and Grabbing Her Breast

Terrell Jermaine Starr

9/01/18 10:06AM

From Get-Out-the-Vote to Respectability Politics, Aretha Franklin's Homegoing Was a Dramatic, Political Affair

Danielle C. Belton

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