Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux was a renowned Black preacher and broadcaster. Radio Diaries' series "Making Waves" looks at his life and his contentious relationship with Martin Luther King Jr.

According to the Hebrew Bible, King Solomon was a ruler of ancient Israel during the 10th century B.C., but there is little archaeological evidence to confirm the biblical account.

Rare 1,600-Year-Old Pendant Discovered in Turkey Depicts King Solomon Defeating the Devil The fifth-century artifact was found in the ruins of a structure that may have been connected to the military.

It took 10 date pits and one olive pit to come to the conclusion that the heyday of the copper mines at Timna, near Eilat, was indeed during the reign of King Solomon, in the 10th century B.C.E.

King Solomon is traditionally (and I think, solidly) believed to have been king of the united monarchy of Judah, from c. 970-931 B.C.