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Lionel Richie once passed up on an opportunity to march alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Freedom Fighters. During a recent interview with The Guardian about his new memoir, “Truly,” the ...

Richie opens up about his experience growing up during the civil rights movement in his new memoir Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty; Bettmann Archive/Getty Lionel Richie almost marched with Martin Luther ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — All lanes of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive are closed between Alamance Church Road and the I-40 westbound exit after a vehicle crash, city officials said. No injuries have been ...