By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Writer, abrent@afro.com On Sept. 13 people gathered from far and wide at Faith Christian Fellowship to celebrate the life and legacy...
ROLLING OUT — Eddy’s passing was confirmed by her close confidante and Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer. The Help star penned a poignant tribute to her friend for her...
May 9, 1944 to May 29, 2021
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA began a unique and important partnership with Compassion & Choices to acquire a more in-depth awareness and knowledge about how Black...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — To friends and those who knew him best, Mr. Robinson was a fierce advocate for public housing residents. Others held a much...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Doris Thomas Hill, the founder and chief administrator of the South Memphis-based ESPN Academy, was determined to make the academy’s 19th anniversary celebration...
Sam Roberts, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCADIA, Calif. (The New York Times) — Claudia Alexander, who played a pioneering role in NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter...
DULUTH, Ga. (ETOnline.com) — Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late music legend Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, died on July 26, surrounded by her family,...
Adrian Sainz, ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — D’Army Bailey, a lawyer and judge who helped preserve the Memphis hotel where civil rights leader...
William Grimes, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Dolores Spikes, who became the first woman to head a university system in the United...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Offhandedly, I can’t tell you the titles of most of the dances I saw Dudley Williams, the incomparable...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Offhandedly, I can’t tell you the titles of most of the dances I saw Dudley Williams, the incomparable...
By Rye, The Urban Daily Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Long-time Hollywood actor Reynaldo Rey has passed away at the age of 75...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend…B.B. may be gone, but that thrill will...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend…B.B. may be gone, but that thrill will...
Ken Ritter, ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of...
Justin Wm. Moyer, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Let nothing that follows detract from B.B. King’s indelible legacy — a legacy that, though...
Emily Langer, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The tempo marking for “We Shall Overcome” reads “moderately slow with determination.” Slowly but with determination...
John Boyette, THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE (The Augusta Chronicle) — Pete Brown, the first black golfer to win a PGA Tour event, died Friday morning at Doctors...
John Boyette, THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE (The Augusta Chronicle) — Pete Brown, the first black golfer to win a PGA Tour event, died Friday morning at Doctors...
Elizabeth Chuck and Emmanuelle Saliba, NBC NEWS (NBC News) — R&B legend Ben E. King, best known for his hit song “Stand By Me,”...
Sam Roberts, THE NEW YORK TIMES BALTIMORE (The New York Times) — Dr. Levi Watkins Jr., the first surgeon to successfully implant an automatic heart defibrillator...
Yesha Callahan, THE ROOT (The Root) — R&B singer Johnny Kemp, best known for his hit song “Just Got Paid,” died Thursday at the age...
Christopher Torchia, ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — He was a soccer player with a fighting spirit, a talented keyboard player with “golden fingers”...
Margalit Fox, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times)—Phyllis R. Klotman, a film scholar who helped unearth lost treasures of African-American cinema and...
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