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September 29, 2025
Davis remained on West Coast airwaves for over five decades, breaking barriers and glass ceilings along the way.
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June 2, 2025
Anna Mae Robertson, 101, was one of the last surviving members of the “Six Triple Eight," an all Black, all…
January 28, 2023
Jessie Lemonier appeared in seven games for the Detroit Lions in 2021 in a brief NFL career highlighted by a…
December 11, 2022
Dorothy Pitman Hughes was a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate, businesswoman and lifelong community activist.
March 12, 2022
Traci Braxton, the singer and younger sister of Toni Braxton, has reportedly died of Esophageal cancer, aged 50.
November 7, 2021
Barbara-Rose Collins, who represented Detroit in Congress and served on its City Council, has died after contracting COVID-19. She was…
October 16, 2021
Dorothy Steel, who pursued an acting career at 88 and made her feature film debut in "Black Panther," died Friday…
July 17, 2021
Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer, is seen in a photo pushing away National Guardsman's bayonet.
March 14, 2021
Jo Thompson was among the very first Black artists able to perform in several clubs throughout the country, paving way…