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Tag: obituary

John Conyers
Posted inBlack Experience, Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Former Rep. John Conyers Dies at 90

by WI Guest Author October 30, 2019December 21, 2021
John Witherspoon (Courtesy photo)
Posted inEntertainment, Obituary

John Witherspoon, Star of ‘Friday,’ ‘Wayans Bros.,’ Dead at 77

by WI Guest Author October 30, 2019December 21, 2021
Elijah Cummings
Posted inObituary, Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies at 68

by Stacy M. Brown October 17, 2019December 21, 2021
Diahann Carroll (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Entertainment

Diahann Carroll Heralded for Destroying Walls, Opening Doors for Black Women

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor October 9, 2019December 21, 2021
Jessye Norman (Courtesy of jessyenormanschool.org)
Posted inLifestyle, Obituary

Jessye Norman Dies But Her Voice Lives On

by WI Guest Author October 2, 2019December 21, 2021
A libation conducted by Nana Kwabena Brown (center) during the celebration of the life and legacy of Ron Clark at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in southwest D.C. on Aug. 10. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inObituary

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Ron Clark

by WI Guest Author August 21, 2019December 21, 2021
Toni Morrison
Posted inBlack Experience, D Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

Remembering Toni Morrison: A First-Person Reflection

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor August 7, 2019December 21, 2021
Toni Morrison
Posted inNational

Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate, Dead at 88

by WI Guest Author August 6, 2019December 21, 2021
Kevin McNeir and his mother, Edna McNeir Baker
Posted inCommunity, Obituary

Edna McNeir Baker Loses Valiant Fight with Alzheimer’s

by WI Guest Author July 10, 2019December 21, 2021
Phil Freelon
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Obituary

Phil Freelon, 66, Designer of African American Museum, Dies

by WI Guest Author July 10, 2019December 21, 2021

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