Posts in category Obituaries

JOSEPHINE WRIGHT: Brooklyn-born matriarch dies at 94. “Her legacy as a pillar of strength, wisdom, and commitment to justice will forever remain etched in our …

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON: Her family intends to file a lawsuit alleging her death was due to an infection in her spine that developed after she …

TYRE NICHOLS: Brutally beaten by five Black members of the so-called Scorpion crime-suppression unit – who were charged with second-degree murder and other offenses in …

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – Peter Magubane, a fearless photographer who captured the violence and horror of South Africa’s apartheid era of racial oppression, …

U.S. REP. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON: Kudos from President Joe Biden, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for the first registered nurse elected to Congress, later chair …

LES MCCANN: Self-taught pianist who went on tour worldwide and release dozens of albums, including recorded live at the 1968 Monteaux Jazz Festival with perhaps …

PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK Associated Press Among the entertainers who left the world this year was singer Tina Turner, who died May 24. Turner`s powerful …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – George McGinnis spent his teenage years sneaking into Pacers games at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. He finished his Hall of Fame career …

RICHARD HUNT: His public works commitment influenced by experiencing the open-casket funeral of Emmett Till, Hunt’s recently completed piece "Hero Ascending," honoring Till, is expected …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Homegoing services were held to honor longtime member Josephine Taylor-Allen on Saturday at historic Payne Chapel A.M.E Church in West …