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We’ll mark Martin Luther King Day by devoting our first hour to Leonard’s annual special of classic gospel music that was recorded during Martin Luther King’s lifetime. Today’s installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at the Clovis Spear Point. We’ll find out why the competition surrounding New York City’s Preschool Gifted and Talented Test is so fierce. Matilda Raffa Cuomo discusses editing a book of famous people’s recollections about the people who changed their lives; she’s joined by Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who talks about his mentors.

We’ll mark Martin Luther King Day by devoting our first hour to Leonard’s annual special of classic gospel music that was recorded during Martin Luther King’s lifetime. Today’s installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at the Clovis Spear Point. We’ll find out why the competition surrounding New York City’s Preschool Gifted and Talented Test is so fierce. Matilda Raffa Cuomo discusses editing a book of famous people’s recollections about the people who changed their lives; she’s joined by Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who talks about his mentors.

Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.

To mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, this special encore edition focuses on African-American history and the ever-evolving role of race in America.

In the process of writing his new book Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?, Touré asked dozens of thinkers, artists and musicians what it means to be black right now. He tells us what he learned. Plus: the remarkable story of Lee Anthony and True Soul Records -- the first black-owned record store in Little Rock, Arkansas. And: a song from soul singer Charles Bradley.

This is an encore edition of Soundcheck.