Decorated Tuskegee Airman Brigadier Gen. Charles McGee has died at age 102. He passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday morning, January 16, according to family spokesperson.
Dolores Helen Hickambottom was born March 27, 1931, the second of four children born to Edward and Lillian (Polite) Dupre in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her parents and sister, Mary Rose Arceneaux, and brother, Oscar Dupre, Sr., preceded her in death.
Josephine “Jo” Winston Ramsey made her mark on the world on October 8, 1929. She was born to R.L. Winston and Anita Harris in her beloved hometown of Eudora, Arkansas. Arkansas was a special place to Josephine; she would often recall fond memories of her family and friends in Eudora.
I am humbled by the legacy that Sidney Poitier has left. Imagine the sheer will that is required to shatter all of the obstacles that were tossed into his path. The hatred of African Americans in the United States of America has never left this stolen land, but in the ’20s, achieving any kind of equality seemed as distant as touching the stars.
Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94.
Basketball Hall of Famer Sam Jones died at the age of 88. Known as the Boston Celtics’ “Mr. Clutch,” Jones’ sharp shooting fueled the league’s longest dynasty and earned him 10 NBA titles — second only to teammate Bill Russell.
Actor Max Julien, best known for playing a pimp named Goldie in the 1973 cult classic, “The Mack,” died on New Year’s Day at age 88, which was also his birthday.
Kenny Allsup, a neighborhood legend has passed away at the age of 79. He sponsored the Rancho Track Club Youth Organization for 45 years.
Basketball Hall of Famer Sam Jones, the Boston Celtics’ “Mr. Clutch” whose sharp shooting fueled the league’s longest dynasty and earned him 10 NBA titles _ second only to teammate Bill Russell _ has died, the team said. He was 88.
Gail Cordelia Berkley-Armstrong, legendary awarding-winning Bay Area journalist and Sun-Reporter Editor, has died after a lengthy illness. She was 74.
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Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, who often told the story of how as a baby, she used her diaper to clean the floor of the Wilmington Journal and who went on to become the editor and publisher of the historical newspaper, has died at the age of 78.
In June, California launched the nation’s first Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans this year. The nine-member committee was established to meet the requirements of Assembly Bill (AB) 3121, which California Secretary of State Shirley Weber authored and introduced in 2020 when she served in the Legislature. Gov. Newsom signed it into law in September 2020. “This is a debt that is owed, just because it hasn’t been paid doesn’t mean it goes away,” said the newly elected chair of the California reparations task force Kamilah V. Moore. At the task force’s first meeting on June
Dr. Helen Curry Edwards, a beloved and elegant mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and the matriarch of the Curry family, left her earthly body on November 17, 2021.
Leon Ellis Smith, a member of Second Baptist Church, who recently passed away, made an impression on everyone he encountered with either his fashionable attire or his skillful photography or his beautiful spirit.