Bells toll to remember enslaved Africans in America
PHOTO COURTESY OF GWU.EDU AND NIKKI-GIOVANNI.COM VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) – Bells will ring in a Civil War battleground in Mississippi to remember enslaved Africans who …
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Civil rights, business leader Michael Van Leesten, 80
PHOTOS COURTESY OF GOLOCALPROV.COM PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island civil rights and business leader has died. The Providence Journal reports Michael Van Leesten …
Darryl Drake, Steelers wide receivers coach dies at 62
PHOTO COURTESY OF WESA.FM PITTSBURGH (AP) – Darryl Drake, the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers who spent more than 30 years molding players at the position …
Former Oklahoma running back Mike Gaddis dies at age 50
PHOTO COURTESY OF KOCO.COM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Former University of Oklahoma running back Mike Gaddis, who former coach Barry Switzer called the best running …
Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor
PHOTOS COURTESY OFBLACKPAST.ORG The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing to posthumously award an African American soldier the Medal of Honor for his bravery on D-Day. …
White Sox: Till inclusion in scoreboard graphic ‘poor form’
CHICAGO (AP) – A White Sox official says it was “poor form” for the team to show a scoreboard graphic of “famous people from Chicagoland” …