Christopher Torchia, ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — He was a soccer player with a fighting spirit, a talented keyboard player with “golden fingers”...
Margalit Fox, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times)—Phyllis R. Klotman, a film scholar who helped unearth lost treasures of African-American cinema and...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charmayne “Maxee” Maxwell, a member of the 1990s girl group Brownstone — best known for the hit If You Love Me—...
Rick Freeman, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Mason, the rugged power forward who was a defensive force in the NBA from the 1990s...
Aaron Beard, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)—Dean Smith accomplished so much on and off the court during his time as North Carolina’s coach, leaving a lasting influence both...
Emily Wagster Pettus, ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Anne Moody, whose memoir “Coming of Age in Mississippi” gave a wrenching account of growing up...
Mike Fitzpatrick, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)—Even as the Chicago Cubs lost one game after another, Ernie Banks never lost hope. That was the charm of “Mr....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities…because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Winston...
Terry Wallace, ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS (AP) — Roy Tarpley, the former Dallas Mavericks star center whose NBA career was cut short by drug abuse, died...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Sandwiched between the deaths of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and popular ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott, the passing...
Sylvia Wingfield and Mark Pratt, ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in...
Steve Wulf, ESPN.COM (ESPN)—Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49. Among the features of the new ESPN...
Christopher Webber, ASSOCIATED PRESS VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Lowell Steward, a former member of the Tuskegee Airmen who flew well over 100 missions over Europe during...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist My admiration of Marion Barry Jr., who died Nov. 23, began long before I co-authored his autobiography, Mayor for Life:...
Ben Nuckols, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP)— Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Though many Whites were active in civil rights, few were as influential as John Doar,...
