We get syrupy about “Hidden Figures” from all over and know little about the heroes and sheroes who grew up in our own back yard. Mrs. French L. Cowens was born French L. Jackson to Willie Mae and Willis Jackson in Gladewater, Texas. She grew up in old North Central Dallas.
The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered Thursday for the funeral for Amir Locke that the 22-year-old Black man who was shot by Minneapolis police as they served a no-knock search warrant was not at fault when he was killed.
The lawsuit alleged that Agape engaged in fraudulent and deceptive sales of funeral goods and services
He was the subject of popular sketches in which he retold his adventures with younger brother Eddie Murphy and celebrities like Prince and Rick James.
Relatives of Emmett Till speak out after woman’s confession
More than 1,000 people gathered at First AME Church in Los Angeles on Jan. 6 to bid farewell to Howard Bingham, a legendary photographer who documented international celebrities, world leaders and urban life in American.
Brooklyn’s top prosecutor Ken Thompson was remembered at his funeral Saturday as a champion of justice.
Hundreds of mourners packed a church for a funeral honoring an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer.