Mary Wilson of The Supremes in 1994. Courtesy: Kingkongphoto/Wikicommons. Mary Wilson, who, along with Florence Ballard, Diana Ross and Betty Martin, founded The Supremes in 1961, died suddenly in her home Monday night, her family has announced. Progenitors of “The Motown Sound,” The Supremes went on to become the…

Motown Records on Friday announced it’s re-launching its Black Forum label with Martin Luther Ling, Jr.’s “Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam” speech, followed by spoken word albums by Stokely Carmichael, Langston Hughes and Margaret Danner, and Ossie Davis. The label imprint was founded by Berry Gordon in 1971.…