It was Martin Luther King Jr.’s favorite song: a hymn called "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." It was Mahalia Jackson's performance of this song that captured the heart of Dr. King, with her soulful ...

You know "Glory" by now—after all, it's been one of the talks of the town as of late, and certainly one of Common's most visible hits in some time. The song, written for the film Selma, which follows ...

King made the request of Branch as he emerged from Room 306 on the second floor of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. The civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner talked with ...

"I felt like this was an opportunity to show the strength and the vulnerability in black men," she said of her showstopping performance It was a performance that triggered goose bumps at the Grammys – ...

Tonight at the 57th Grammy Awards, Beyoncé performed "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" in a medley that also featured Common and John Legend performing their Selma song, "Glory". Watch the performances ...

Beyoncé has shared a behind-the-scenes video that shows the singer rehearsing last night's performance of the gospel standard "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at the Grammys. The clip features Beyoncé ...