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The Boston Bruins paid tribute to Willie O'Ree -- the first Black player in the NHL -- by retiring his number. O'Ree was also honored by the U.S. House, which voted to award him the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor. Major Garrett has more.
Fashion lost a larger-than-life icon this week when André Leon Talley died at age 73. CBS News sat down with Talley and his mentee designer LaQuan Smith in 2020 to talk about their lives and fashion.
Activist Kimberly Jones joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss her new book "How We Can Win," inspired by her powerful video comparing the game of "Monopoly" to Black Americans' economic inequality. Jones explains why it's important to understand the history and impact of social inequality, and how we can change it.
André Leon Talley is being remembered as a pioneering African American fashion journalist following news of his death Tuesday. Talley was the first Black man to be named creative director at Vogue magazine.
Michael Jordan is not just one of the world's most iconic athletes, but also a global marketing powerhouse. In an interview you will see first on "CBS Mornings", Nike Jordan Brand President Chairman Larry Miller is revealing the dark secret he kept hidden for decades even from Jordan himself. Miller shares the story he has been waiting to tell with CBS News special correspondent James Brown.
It was 57 years ago that Martin Luther King Jr. led a massive crowd from Selma to Montgomery as they marched for voting rights. At the end of the march, he delivered a powerful speech on the steps of the state Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
As the nation pauses to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the first Black woman to run the Justice Department’s civil rights division says voting discrimination persists today and that continuing King's quest for equal voting rights remains one of her top priorities. CBS News’ chief national affairs and justice correspondent Jeff Pegues sat down with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for an exclusive interview on “CBS Mornings.”
When Author Anna Malaika Tubbs visited the Martin Luther King, Jr. birth place in Atlanta, she noticed someone was missing from the civil rights icon's story: his mother. As part of our series “Ideas that Matter,” a partnership with TED, Tubbs speaks with “CBS Mornings” about the legacy of MLK's mother, Alberta Williams King, and the importance of honoring the stories of mothers everywhere.
Nearly six decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, and others fought "Jim Crow" laws that blocked some Americans from the ballot box, leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting rights - and our very democracy - are under siege again.
Nearly six decades after John Lewis, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and others fought "Jim Crow" laws that blocked some Americans from the ballot box, leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting rights are under siege again. Historian and bestselling author Douglas Brinkley talks about recent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to our Constitutionally-guaranteed right to vote, and why access to voting must be preserved.
