Young, Gifted and Black: Black music icon Aretha Franklin besought ‘Jesus, Be a Fence Around’ that was answered with ‘Amazing Grace’ as a ‘natural resource’
Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, at the family home on 406 Lucy Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Her father was a Baptist circuit preacher from Shelby, Mississippi, and her mother was a pianist and gospel singer whom Mahalia Jackson once called one of the finest in the country.
Barack Obama fires back at Trump after US president’s racist video that casts him and wife Michelle as apes
Trump sparked outrage when he shared the now-deleted racist video of Obama and Michelle, 62, on Truth Social on February 5. The footage of the couple as apes was included towards the end of a clip discussing unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 election.
