*The July 25th announcement by community activist Najee Ali – that President Trump signed a bill into law to have a Los Angeles post office renamed after the late great Marvin Gaye Jr. – reminded me ...
Marvin Gaye was born to his father Rev. Marvin Gay Sr. and mother Alberta Gay. The singer and his dad had a difficult ...
Marvin Gaye was one of twentieth century Motown's brightest and most romantic crooners, and his short-lived singing career was full of range, promise, and tragedy. As a young church singer, Gaye ...
WASHINGTON - Before there was the Apollo in Harlem, there was the Howard Theatre in the nation's capital. The nearly 102-year-old Howard officially lifts its curtain once again Thursday for a ...
A landmark 1971 album has been ranked No. 1 on Rolling Stone’s greatest albums list.
It's hailed now as an historic concert event — one that gets a big sold-out two-day 40th anniversary re-creation this week at the Kennedy Center with John Legend, the National Symphony Orchestra Pops ...
Marvin Gaye's life ended 20 years ago when his father shot him on April Fools' Day. But Gaye's musical legend has never stopped growing. Michael Eric Dyson, writer and University of Pennsylvania ...