NNPA NEWSWIRE — “R.I.P. Ntozake Shange (#ForColoredGirls) #YouAreBroadwayBlack you will forever be remembered and eternally etched in our minds as The Lady in Orange, a prolific...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “October 4 marks one year since the tragic ambush in Niger that resulted in the death of four U.S. service members, including my...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rita Perry was known to be an extraordinary woman who had a heart for service and understood the importance of making a difference...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The world is mourning the loss of legendary choreographer Arthur Mitchell. Mitchell, who danced with the New York City Ballet from 1956-1968 and...
“Yes, I believe these people deserve a memorial, but there is so much more to it than that. I have a duty to be an advocate...
Saying his subject was “Aretha the Queen of Soul,” Rev. Jasper Williams of the Salem Bible Church in Atlanta gave the audience gathered for Aretha Franklin’s...
The nation mourns the passing of another giant, Sen. John McCain. McCain died nine years to the day when America lost another icon, Sen. Ted Kennedy,...
Kofi Annan made his transition in August. The seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, he worked up from the lower ranks (starting at age 24) of...
Eddie “Chank” Willis, a member of the famed Motown session group known as “The Funk Brothers,” died at his home in Gore Springs, Mississippi.
Lifestream of the funeral services for U.S. Senator John McCain.
The funeral will take place at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Mich. While the service is limited to friends and family. See the live stream of...
THE POST NEWSGROUP — Mr. McCain was the embodiment of courage: a war hero who came home on crutches, broken body, permanently disabled, but not in...
THE AFRO — George Walker, a Black Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, pianist and educator, died Aug. 23 at the age of 96. According to NPR, the pioneering...
“John McCain’s integrity and courage were his greatest virtues. His national leadership example is still needed today not only in the U.S. Senate, but also in...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — John McCain, the venerable Republican senator and war hero who was a fixture on Capitol Hill for decades, died Saturday at his Arizona home...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — More than 20 performing artists, activists, and family members will celebrate the life and legacy of Aretha Louise Franklin, known as the Queen...
