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(AP) - Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed…
OPINION - This year, on the first day of Black History Month, Americans, and the African-American community in particular, mourn…
OPINION - 'Soul Train' always managed to stay fresh, alluring and project the unmistakable magnetism of black dance, song and…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - African-American opera pioneer Camilla Williams has died in the U.S. She was 92...
ALTADENA, California (AP) - Levy's client roster over the years included more than 85 artists, including Wilson, Lewis, Nat and…
VIDEO - Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and its first African-American justice...
theGRIO REPORT - One part of Joe Paterno's career that has been lost among his accomplishments, however, is that many…
(AP) - Joe Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the…
NEW YORK (AP) - Etta James, whose signature song was the sweeping, jazz-tinged torch song 'At Last,' died in Los…
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Innovative reggae producer Winston Riley has died from complications of a gunshot wound in Jamaica...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Johnny Otis, the 'godfather of rhythm and blues' who wrote and recorded the R&B classic "Willie…
Niles Ford, a performer and choreographer who had been active in the downtown New York dance scene since the late…
Jimmy Castor, a respected saxophonist, was the leader of the seminal funk/disco band the Jimmy Castor Bunch...
CHICAGO - McCoy entered the elevator and rode to the 12th floor, where the fire began, unaware that a raging…
Rocky Clark's mom doesn't want her son to be remembered as a sympathetic figure, even though he spent the last…
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Stewart Fulbright, a trailblazing black educator who piloted a bomber during World War II as one…
She complained about shortness of breath and had broken out in hives during a recess break on Monday before being…
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The office revealed the new details about George Clinckscale's death Tuesday. A full autopsy report isn't…
SLIDESHOW - We gained so much in 2011 and now is the time to remember those that we lost this…
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) - Sam Rivers, an internationally known jazz musician who played with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, has…