Aretha Franklin’s funeral has been a star-studded event, but one of the highlights of her service has been her family’s tribute to her life — not only as the Queen of Soul but also as a loved one. The ...

Southfield (CBS Detroit) - The life of Aretha Franklin – the late Queen of Soul – is celebrated on CBS 62's MICHIGAN MATTERS as Linda Solomon, photojournalist and author of a new book about the legend ...

From a young age to present day, the Black hair salon has always been a safe space for myself and others to converse about life and all it throws at us. Growing up I would frequent my family's ...

To the world she was the Queen of Soul. To Cristal Franklin, she was so much more. “I saw her as my aunt. The one who cooked dinner for my roommate from college when I came home. The one who bought ...

Aretha Franklin is currently being laid to rest after passing on August 16. One of the people present, out of the many celebrities, fans and family who made their way to Greater Grace Church in ...

Earline Franklin , center, is joined by Kecalf Franklin, left, and "Amazing Grace" producer Alan Elliott at a reception at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on March 25, 2019.

If you spent any time around Earline Franklin, you couldn’t miss the energy. The longtime Detroiter, who had just turned 82 when she died Nov. 9, was gregarious and well-connected — but with a ...