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DAVID HARRIS: "Reaching back and helping others to succeed – that’s what I’d like for my legacy to be," he said. PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL …
DAVID HARRIS: "Reaching back and helping others to succeed – that’s what I’d like for my legacy to be," he said. PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL …
Indianapolis (AP) – Longtime Democratic state Sen. Jean Breaux has died from an unspecified health issue. Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor said in a statement …
DORIE ANN LADNER: "She dropped out of college three times to work full time” with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, reportedly saying, “I can’t study …
RANGE FUNERAL HOME Abraham Turner, Jr., 91, retired, died March 13 at Broward Health Hospital. Service 10am Friday in the Chapel. Mary Louise Stewart Jones, …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Visitors to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park wind a serpentine path past art pieces depicting the lives of enslaved people in …
SACRED HERITAGE: More groups having major roles in bringing awareness to the threats to cemetery preservation, such as vandalism, abandonment, ownership disputes and development. PHOTO …
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Baron Edwards, 97, died March 2. Service 10am Saturday, March 16, at Banner of Love Apostolic Church. Ida Smith, …
HISTORIC COMPLICITY: The oversight group also called on the church to apologize “for denying that black Africans are made in the image of God and …
NAOMI BARBER KING: Affectionately called the “Butterfly Queen” for her love of butterflies, she set an example of courage, resilience and grace in the face …
JUANA BACALLAO: Performed at the famed Tropicana club in the 1940s and ’50s and sang alongside artists such as Nat King Cole. "I will never …