Charles Burrell, an American classical and jazz bass player known as being the first African American to be a member of a ...

The new bio-musical about Nat "King" Cole by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor at the New York Theatre Workshop stars Dulé ...

Josefina Santos for The New York Times Supported by By Alan Light In November 1956, Nat King Cole was given ... (He referred to himself as “the Jackie Robinson of television.”) ...

New York Theatre Workshop is now presenting Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, written by Tony and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo and NYTW Artistic Director and Usual Suspect Patricia ...

In 1956, one of the greatest singers of all time, Nat “King” Cole, became one of the first Black people to host a nationally broadcast television show. Alas, despite drawing top talent and enjoying a ...

Do not be fooled by the Jackie Robinson jersey giveaway the Los Angeles ... and the fight for equality cost the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and too many others their lives.

Louisville baseball player Eddie King Jr. wears No. 42 to honor Jackie Robinson. Eddie King Jr. played in the Little League World Series at age 11 for the Jackie Robinson West team. Eddie King Jr ...

"As the first British artist to have been able to perform a duet with Nat King Cole’s vocals, it’s a real honour," Boyle said just before the album's release, per the Mirror. “Seven years on ...

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Nat King Cole ... the song here 8. Cole credited his mother with his love of music. “Mom was the only music teacher I ever had,” he once said. 9. Cole married Nadine Robinson, a dancer ...

Jackie Robinson, Nat King Cole and more. The movie "One Night in Miami" recreated much of the hotel for an iconic evening with Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke. King was famously ...