CHICAGO — Todd Mayfield is the second eldest son of musician Curtis Mayfield. He recently spoke about his book “The Traveling Soul” and the recent film option about his famous father’s story.

Curtis Graves, Famed Civil Rights Activist and Father of 'RHOP' Star Gizelle Bryant, Dead at 84 'The Real Housewives of Potomac' star announced her father's death on Instagram Friday. By.

Curtis Graves, Civil Rights Activist And Dad To “RHOP” Star Gizelle Bryant, Has Passed Away The death of the 84-year-old trailblazer was confirmed by Bryant via Instagram last Friday.

Curtis Mayfield's previous songs for The Impressions had often been broadly inspirational — but here, he aimed his pen directly at black listeners, pledging that better times were ahead.

R&B legend Curtis Mayfield's 1967 hit "We're a Winner" broke ground as one of the first commercial hits centered on Black pride during the civil rights movement.

Mayfield, who died in 1999 at age 57, was a pioneer. Musically, he crossed boundaries as a member of soul vocal group the Impressions, with whom he recorded throughout the '60s, and, beginning in ...

For this week’s submission, I listened to another oldie; Curtis Mayfield’s “Curtis.” I’ve been going over a lot of debut albums, but I’m definitely not stopping here. After officially leaving the ...

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But before Mayfield could witness the scene's full flowering, he died young, at 57 in 1999, spending his last decade here paralyzed from the neck down after stage lighting toppled on him during a ...

Cheaa Mayfield talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about the music and legacy of his father, Chicago’s own Curtis Mayfield, on the 50th anniversary of his solo career, his impact on the civil rights ...

The grave of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, has been vandalised.. READ MORE: Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ at 40: How they made the unimpeachable proto-goth masterpiece ...

Actor Tony Curtis, who died last week after suffering cardiac arrest, took a trove of his prized possessions with him to the grave. One of those items was his iPhone. Curtis, who soared to fame ...