Posts in category Obituaries

DETROIT (AP) – Gil Hill, a former Detroit city councilman and one-time mayoral candidate better known to action movie fans as the salty-tongued police Inspector …

Known by Vanity, her stage name, Denise Matthews rose to fame after meeting Prince at the American Music Awards in 1980, died on Feb. 15 …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Georgia Davis Powers, a giant in the fight for civil rights in Kentucky and the first African-American woman elected to the …

Cremation has become more popular, in many cases people choose it over traditional burial to save money; that is if they are not tricked into …

During a time when the prevailing notion was that there existed no market for black writers, Charles F. Harris did what he could to dispel …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) —  Dr. Robert B. Hayling, a dentist and influential civil rights activist in Florida during the 1960s, has died. Hayling died …

BALTIMORE (AP) — In the corner of his office, John Williams set down a gilded headstone that was in the shape of a teddy bear. …

The mention of his name conjures images of Liberty City’s Martin Luther King Jr. parade as it rolls down 54th street and culminates in festivities …

Alexander Poinsett was born in Chicago on January 27, 1926 to Alexander A. Poinsett and Adele L. Poinsett (née Prindle).  He was the third oldest …