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A Black supermodel of the 1980s and ‘90s, Gail O’Neill found success as a journalist before her death at age…
Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman elected to statewide office in New Jersey, was remembered in a memorial…
Harvard Law professor and civil rights scholar Charles J. Ogletree Jr. died after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
John Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama “Everwood” and appeared…
Tina Turner, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer known for her pioneering role in rock and soul and for…
The sports legend was a prominent advocate for civil rights whose legacy is both remarkable and complex.
Letitia “Tish” Naghise, a first-term member of the Georgia House, died on Wednesday in Atlanta, where she was hospitalized for…
Trugoy the Dove, co-founding member of legendary rap trio De La Soul, has died at age 54, the group rep…
Joseph "Jo Mersa" Marley, grandson of Bob Marley and son of Stephen Marley, has died at the age of 31…
Thom Bell, Grammy Award-winning songwriter, producer and arranger of numerous Philly soul classics, is dead at 79.
Sidney Poitier, Irene Cara, Nichelle Nichols Takeoff and Andre Leon Talley are among the many we lost this year. May…
Louis Orr, a star forward at Syracuse who played eight NBA seasons before going into a lengthy career in coaching,…
Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara of “Fame” fame has died, her publicist announced on Saturday.
Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III for decades served as pastor of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.
Sergio Mims, longtime film historian and cofounder of the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Black Harvest Film Festival, has died. He…
Hector Lopez, a former Yankee who blazed a trail as the first Black manager in American professional baseball history, has…
The Dodgers honored Wills with a moment of silence before the opener of their doubleheader against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The coalition that elected Moon Landrieu mayor of New Orleans in 1970 helped make Ernest “Dutch″ Morial the city’s first…
Carole King, Brian Wilson, Ron Wood and Mick Hucknall were among the many musicians offering tributes to Dozier early Tuesday.
Tributes are pouring in for the celebrity makeup artist and founder of AJ Crimson Beauty, who died on Wednesday, March…