Sam Cooke was known as the king of soul. He was rising in the charts as a prominent and highly successful black recording artist at a time in America in the 50s/60s when the Civil Rights Movement was taking shape more predominately. Sam was ever vocal about his strong disgust with segregation and he made a lot of moves to prove to people he was unafraid and entertaining the masses with his talented vocals. Unfortunately he was killed in December 1964 in a story that still to this day leaves more questions than answers. Today, we look at who Sam Cooke was and the details surrounding his death.




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