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Americans across the U.S. are celebrating King's legacy this weekend. One way to reflect on his life and message is by revisiting his celebrated 1963 speech delivered at the Lincoln Memorial.

Actor, director, and professor Al Freeman Jr. died on Friday at the age of 78. He's best known for his portrayal of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Spike Lee's 1992 film, Malcolm X. But many may not know that he was the first African-American to win a Daytime Emmy Award. Guest host Jacki Lyden remembers Freeman's life and legacy.

We remember singer, poet, songwriter, playwright and social activist Oscar Brown, Jr., who died Sunday in Chicago. He was 78. Brown was signed as a Columbia Records singer in 1960. His first release, Sin and Soul, was critically hailed.

Congressman Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN) first turned heads in 2000 when he delivered the keynote at the Democratic National Convention. Now the 36-year-old second-generation congressman is running for the Senate seat that Republican Bill Frist is vacating. But first he has to win the Aug. 3 primary.

. A judge will consider Hinckley's request to leave St. Elizabeth's prison one day a month to visit his family. Hinkley shot former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in an assassination attempt. (7:31

Since taking office, Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, has replaced members of a key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine panel with his own picks and fired the newly appointed CDC director.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP has come under criticism as misinformation about the program has circled online. BTPM's Jamal Harris Jr. dives into what the program is and who qualifies.

An influential Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is meeting Thursday and Friday to vote on vaccine policies related to hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and COVID-19.

Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares a story from his family history.

Western New Yorkers are remembering former state Sen. Walter Floss Jr. The Clarence Republican with nearly four decades of public service died Dec. 8 at…