Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1964, Sam Cooke‘s iconic anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” became a song of revolution and protest for generations to come. More ...

Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Sam Cooke, the greatest soul singer of all time. It also marks roughly 50 years since the release of his greatest song, the civil rights anthem "A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The crux of Regina King’s critically acclaimed new film “One Night in Miami” is the friendship between civil-rights activist ...

Regina King says a special moment in her directorial debut was seeing one of Sam Cooke’s most enduring songs in the script. Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” is an anthem of the civil rights movement.

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Illustrator Nikkolas Smith tells PEOPLE he hopes the forthcoming book “can act as a supplement to Mr. Cooke’s timeless anthem for freedom ...

In December 1964, the release of a particularly iconic Sam Cooke song would change the Civil Rights movement and the protest music that served as its backdrop forever—a monumental cultural and sonic ...