NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA mourns the loss of Rev. James Lawson.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rev. Murray also sparked and inspired something much closer to home. He inspired me, but he directly mobilized my brother and friend Rev....
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — Regardless of how these people left this world, one thing was for certain: they were loved. This is dedicated to the Black...
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — Smith was initially reported as missing on Saturday in his hometown Manchester, Georgia, according to authorities. He was found deceased on Sunday...
Special to The Post Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of the South African martyr and its first democratically elected president, died on Sept. 25 after an 11-year battle...
By Godfrey Lee The life of Leevester “Chubby” Hall was celebrated in a memorial service on Sept. 9, at the People’s Inter-Cities Fellowship in Marin City....
By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 102 on...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The late First Lady and her husband co-founded the Carter Center, which expressed its sorrow in a statement by highlighting their global initiatives...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — James “Bun” McKoy, a member of the civil rights and political prisoner group The Wilmington Ten, and the other defendants received a total of...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Richard Roundtree, the iconic actor renowned for portraying the suave private detective in the groundbreaking “Shaft”...
NBC News Referred to by a colleague as a ‘calm force in troubled waters,’ Temple University Acting President suddenly died Tuesday after falling ill at a...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — Her death was announced on the Senate floor by Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing...
Charles W. “Chuck’’ Cherry II of Daytona Beach, a fierce advocate of the Black Press and a longtime warrior for social justice, died on Saturday, July...
Elex Stewart, a retired Alameda County auto mechanic, passed away on Friday April 28. He was 100 years old. Stewart was born on Sept. 25, 1922,...
William R. Battles was born in Oakland, CA. To Chief Gordon L. Battles USS Navy & Mrs. Martha Battles August 3, 1946 at the Oaknoll Naval...
The Post sorrowfully announces the death of Jack Chandra Naidu, who worked with us for more than 40 years. He succumbed to complications of open-heart surgery...
By Zoe Jung Robert Henry Johnson, a Bay Area dancer, choreographer, and playwright, passed away on Dec. 16, 2022. His body was identified in March. Johnson...
By Tamara Shiloh From his days as a sharecropper in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, James Leroy Brown (1926−1950) dreamed of becoming a pilot. In school, he excelled at...
By Joe W. Bowers Jr. California Black Media The El Camino Community College District, California State University Dominguez Hills, and the aerospace industry have lost a...
James Ira Dancy, known as a West Oakland treasure and historian, passed away on March 18, 2023. He was 65. Dancy was born to Frank and...
By Godfrey Lee Nita Hayden Vasquez, who owned Hayden’s Market in Marin City, died Jan. 11, 2023, in Tampa, Fla., of natural causes. She was 80...
Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News Former San Francisco supervisor Thomas Hsieh, 91, reportedly passed away on Sunday surrounded by his family. As the first Chinese American...
Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News Former San Francisco supervisor Thomas Hsieh, 91, reportedly passed away on Sunday surrounded by his family. As the first Chinese American...
August 17, 1938 – January 12, 2023 AUTRIS T. PAIGE was the youngest child born to Estella and Overton Paige in Sugar Land, Texas on Aug....
By Brandon Patterson Civil rights activist Charlene Mitchell, a long-time Communist Party leader and freedom fighter, passed away in Manhattan, New York, on Dec. 14, 2022....