Posts in category Obituaries

WALTER DAVIS: North Carolina Sports Hall of Famer “was a great, great, great guy that happened to be a great basketball player.” PHOTO COURTESY OF …

LEROY STOVER: “You live right, you treat people right, right will follow you,” he said. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LAWOFFICER.COM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The City …

JOE CHRISTOPHER: Debuted with Pittsburgh in 1958, appeared in three 1960 World Series games. PHOTO COURTESY OF BASEBALL-ALMANAC.COM NEW YORK (AP) – Joe Christopher, an …

NEW YORK (AP) – Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-ofage novel “Daddy Was a Number Runner” is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and …

HUGHES VAN ELLIS: Affectionately called “Uncle Redd” by his family and community, died Monday at 102. PHOTO COURTESY OF X.COM Associated Press Hughes Van Ellis, …

GEORGE FARRELL: Talented business leader, author, and public servant. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK As BlakPac’s staff mourns his passing, we remember George Farrell, our founder, …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The latest search for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 59 graves found and …

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – Police wrestle the unarmed Black man to the sidewalk. One officer pushes his face into the pavement as he pleads in …

NEW YORK (AP) – Hattie McDaniel`s best supporting actress Oscar in 1939 for “Gone With the Wind” is one of the most important moments in …

ZOLEKA MANDELA: Endured a series of struggles and tragedies in her self-confessed attempt to live up to the example of her grandfather, the first Black …