A math whiz as a young man, he later blazed trails, both with his theoretical advances and his advocacy for minority students.

In 1956, Elvis Presley exploded onto the music scene, changing music history. One of the songs on Presley's introductory album was his rendition of "Tutti Frutti," a song released the previous year by ...

Little Richard, who died Saturday at age 87, was one of the most influential musicians of all time—but a bad record deal and the pervasive racism of the 1950’s American music industry kept the singer ...

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With nationwide business holdings in movie theaters, book publishing, high-end retail stores, and soft drinks, Richard A. Smith spent years running major public companies, often at the same time, yet ...

There is one question that stands at the heart of the CNN documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, emerging as something of a mission statement for the film. And it's best articulated by Fredara ...

Widely known as Richie, he built one of Chicago’s largest development companies and supported minority hiring for ...