Omega Omega Service for Frankie Muse Freeman, Former Delta Sigma Theta President, Set
Frankie Muse Freeman, a civil rights attorney and the 14th national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, died earlier this year at the age of 101. Her Omega Omega sevice, the last ritual performed...
Those We Lost in 2017
Across the Nation
Simeon Booker (1918-2017)
Booker was a courageous and award winning journalist who put his life on the line to tell the story of Black America during the civil rights movement.
(Photo credit: AFRO file...
In Remembrance: Milton Ree Henderson
Milton Ree Henderson was called to eternal rest on March 11 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington, D.C. He was born on Dec. 9, 1931, in Mansfield, N.C.
In 1953, he was drafted into...
James Nero Remembered as Energetic, Dedicated Leader
James Nero may not have been on the front pages of the District's newspapers or a television star but he made a profound impact in his community and his church.
Nero, a resident of the...
Juanita E. Pinkney
Juanita E. Pinkney, a resident of Southeast Washington, D.C. passed away in Chula Vista, California on Jan. 25.
Pinkney was the last of seven children born to Erma and Tillman Jacobs in southern New Jersey...
Dr. Geraldine Harper-Carter
Dr. Geraldine Harper-Carter of Reston, longtime teacher in D.C. Public Schools who retired in 2004 died July 21, 2014, in Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington, VA. She received her bachelor's and master's from Howard...
Ralph Dawson Matthews, Jr., 86
Ralph Dawson Matthew, Jr., 86, died April 3, 2014 in Adelphi, MD will be memorialized in a Jazz-themed service on Saturday, July 19, 2014...
Pocahontas S. Outlaw, Age 81
On March 18, 2014 Pocahontas “Pokie” S. Outlaw passed away in her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on August 2, 1932 to Kermit and Sarah Jane Edwards Swinson. In 1936...
Dr. Shelvie A. L. McCoy, 76
Dr. Shelvie A. McCoy, 76, a D.C. Public Schools administrator for more than 20 years who had a leading role in efforts to prevent substance abuse, died March 4 at the Walter Reed National...
Benjamin S. Johnson
Benjamin Scott Johnson was born April 1, 1928 in Perryman, Md. on the shores of the Susquehanna River. He was the son of James Arthur and Mayfield Peaco Johnson. He was the third of...
Robert Leroy Barnes, 88
Robert Leroy Barnes affectionately known as “Roy” departed this life on October 9, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at the age of 88. Roy was born November 27, 1924 in Mecklenburg County, Va....
A. Knighton Stanley, 76
Alfred Knighton (Tony) Stanley was born July 15, 1937 in Dudley, N.C. He was the youngest of five children of the Rev. Joseph Taylor Stanley and Kathryn Turrentine Stanley. It was in tiny Dudley...
