Why Lionel Richie's Parents Stopped Him from Marching with Martin Luther King Jr. When He Was 15

Why Lionel Richie's Parents Stopped Him from Marching with Martin Luther King Jr. When He Was 15

Richie opens up about his experience growing up during the civil rights movement in his new memoirLloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty; Bettmann Archive/Getty Lionel Richie in New York City in September 2025; Martin Luther King Jr. in 1966NEED TO KNOWLionel Richie opened up about wanting to march with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement in a recent interview with The GuardianAt the time, his parents talked him out of it because they th…