By Brigette White, Special to the AFRO Hari Jones was the assistant director and curator of the African American Civil War Freedom Foundation and Museum in Washington, D.C., a writer, lecturer, historian, a motivational speaker, a content developer, a content advisor, an independent history consultant and on the Board of Directors of the National Civil War […]
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Trailblazing Civil Rights Lawyer, Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Dies at 104
By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO Dovey Johnson Roundtree, one of the few African-American women lawyers who broke down barriers in law during the mid-20th century died in Charlotte, North Carolina May 21. Roundtree was 104 years old. Born in 1914, Roundtree was a pioneer in the field of law as well as many other […]
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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 for a deceased member of the sorority, will held in Washington, D.C. March 11. Frankie Muse Freeman, center, after delivering the […]
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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 photo) ========================================= Dick Gregory (1932-2017) As a comedian and activist, Gregory broke racial barriers in the 1960s and […]
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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 the U.S. Army where he served in the Korean War. He received the United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service […]
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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. James Nero was a leader in his community and his church. (Photo Courtesy of the Nero family) Nero, a resident of the District since 1938, […]
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Juanita E. Pinkney
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 on October 29, 1944. After graduating from Woodstown High School, she attended Delaware State College, then Bowie […]
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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 University, and her doctorate from Nova in “Florida in 1995. Retired principal Thomas J. Kelly of John F. Cooke Elementary School, […]
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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…
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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 when Pocahontas was 4 years old, she moved to Washington, DC with her parents. Pocahontas attended John Wesley from 1939 until […]
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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 Military Medical Center in Bethesda. Shelvie Anne Lee, a fourth generation Washingtonian, graduated from Dunbar High School in 1955. She worked […]
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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 four siblings and was preceded in death by his brothers James and Garfield, and sister Olivia. Affectionately known as Ben, he […]
