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Madeleine Albright, First Female Secretary of State, Dies at 84

by Stacy M. Brown March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state who counted as great friends to Colin Powell, the first Black secretary of state, and Condoleezza Rice, the first Black woman secretary of state, has died at 84.

**FILE** André Leon Talley (David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons)

Editor and Fashion Industry Icon André Leon Talley Leaves a Lasting Legacy

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Joe Gorham

WHUR Radio Pioneer and DMV Legend Joe Gorham Dies at 69

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

**FILE** Retired U.S. Air Force (USAF) Pilot Colonel Charles Edward McGee (center), Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated (TAI) National Historian William F. Holton (left) watches USAF Historical Research Agency Organizational Histories Branch Chief Daniel L Haulman presentation about the history of the TuskeGee Airmen, during the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) event “In conversation With Tuskegee Airmen,” which honors the airmen’s successes, at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday March 27, 2014. Mr. Haulman presentation covers the history of the all black military flying unit, then Col. McGee present his first hand recount his Army Air Corp (later Army Air Force and Air Force) times starting in the 1940’s as did Mr. Holton with his perspective from the U.S. Navy. Questions from the audience provided several opportunities to open the discussion about civil rights challenges and how they achieved success and respect. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Former Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee Dead at 102

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 17, 2022January 18, 2022

Christopher and Maxine McNair, whose 11-year-old daughter Denise McNair was murdered along with three other young girls on Sept. 15, 1963, hold a press conference on Sept. 20, 1963. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Maxine McNair, 93, the Last Living Parent of the 1963 Birmingham Bombing Victims, Dies

by Laura Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

**FILE** Rosa Parks with Lani Guinier at a 1993 march on Washington (John Mathew Smith/www.celebrity-photos.com via Wikimedia Commons)

Lani Guinier, Legal Scholar and Civil Rights Champion, Dies

by Stacy M. Brown January 8, 2022January 10, 2022

**FILE** Sidney Poitier (www.celebrity-photos.com via Wikimedia Commons)

Sidney Poitier, Iconic Actor and Trailblazer for Blacks in Hollywood, Dead at 94

by Stacy M. Brown January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Helen Chavis Othow

Helen Chavis Othow, Sister of NNPA President Benjamin Chavis, Dies at 89

by Stacy M. Brown January 2, 2022January 2, 2022

The Year That Was: Prominent Deaths in 2021

by WI Web Staff December 31, 2021December 31, 2021

Mary Alice Jervay Thatch (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, Freedom Fighter and Publisher of Wilmington Journal, Dies at 78

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent December 29, 2021December 29, 2021