All posts tagged "Heroes we lost in 2016"

Gwen Ifill, Award-winning Journalist and Author, Dead at 61

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Gwen Ifill, who earned dozens of accolades and awards for her deft work as moderator and managing editor of...

Citizen Newspaper Publisher William Garth, Sr. Dies at 79

By Lisette Gushiniere (Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, NNPA Member) William Garth, Sr., the CEO of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc., (CCNG) and Chairman of the...

Legendary Publisher of the Chicago Citizen, William Garth, Sr., Dies at 78

Mr. William Garth, Sr. was the Chairman of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc., Garthco, Inc. and Founder/Chairman of the QBG Foundation, as well as Chairman...

Veteran Black Journalist George Curry Will Always Be with Us

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) On Saturday, August 20, I was at my mother’s house in Virginia when I received a text message, late...

Go Sweetly, Muhammad Ali

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson With the passing of the larger than life sports personality, Muhammad Ali, the world has lost more than a great boxing...

Dear White People: Muhammad Ali Did Not Transcend Race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtxfteyjzg4

Afeni Shakur, Mother of Tupac Shakur and Activist, Dead at 69

Musical Icon Prince Dead at 57

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esruaouvp10