Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s 1st president, passes at age 97
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and a champion of African nationalism who spearheaded the fights to end white minority rule across …
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and a champion of African nationalism who spearheaded the fights to end white minority rule across …
Consuewella Dotson Africa, a longtime member of the Black organization MOVE and mother of two children killed in the 1985 bombing of the group’s home …
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Vincent Stevens, 66, died May 31. Graveside service will be held 1pm Thursday, June 10, at Forest Lawn Memorial …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Jimmy Allen Ruth, the Trailways bus driver for the 1961 group of Nashville Freedom Riders, has died, his family said. He …
Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has …
Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has …
CHICAGO (AP) – Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman …
RANGE FUNERAL HOME Leander E. Phillips, Sr., 85, retired security guard officer, died April 25. Graveside service will be held 11am Friday at Southern Memorial …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Attorney and former state lawmaker Otto Beatty Jr., a leading figure in the fight for racial equality in Ohio, has died …
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 …