Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” ...

The R&B singer Roberta Flack, best known for the hits The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died at the age of 88. "We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta ...

Roberta Flack, the R&B singer behind the landmark hits 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Killing Me Softly With His ...

Roberta Flack announced in 2022 she had ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and could no longer sing.

She was 88. "We are heartbroken that the glorious ... Paul Natkin/Getty Images The beloved singer—whose friend Rev. Jesse Jackson once called "socially relevant and politically unafraid ...

She was 88. She died at home surrounded by her family ... her friends including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Angela Davis, whom Flack visited in prison while Davis faced charges—for which she ...

She was 88. She died at home surrounded by her family ... Among Flack’s admirers and friends were Rev. Jesse Jackson who saw her as a sophisticated, bold presence in the music world and in ...

Grammy-award winning singer Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88, her publicist has announced ... Flack was friends with both Reverend Jesse Jackson and Angela Davis whom Flack visited in ...

She was 88. She died at home surrounded by her family ... her friends including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Angela Davis, whom Flack visited in prison while Davis faced charges — for which ...

Musical performances featured in a memorial ceremony for Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack in New York ...

She was 88 years old. My Hip-Hop Story ... maintaining close bonds with known figures Rev. Jesse Jackson and Angela Davis. “Social activism in music is critical,” she told Forbes in 2021.