Percy Allen II Percy Allen II, 80, departed this life on Sunday, September 12, 2021 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was born on April 7, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Percy Allen Sr. and Esther Allen. Percy was a United States Air Force Veteran and first began his illustrious career in the […]
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Archbishop Carl Bean funeral services announced
Archbishop Carl Bean (Screenshot) FUNERAL SERVICES ANNOUNCED FOR AIDS ACTIVIST AND GOSPEL SINGER ARCHBISHOP CARL BEAN LOS ANGELES – Unity Fellowship Church has announced details of the public memorial service for renowned AIDS activist and gospel singer Archbishop Carl Bean. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2021, at […]
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NAACP Statement on the passing of President Sandra Almond-Cooper
NAACP past president, Sandra Almond-Cooper. (Photo/NAACP) BALTIMORE, MD—We are saddened by the passing of our immediate past president, Sandra Almond-Cooper. We offer our encouragement and deepest condolences to Mrs. Almond-Cooper’s family. We celebrate Mother Almond-Cooper’s life and are reminded that our loss is Heaven’s gain. President Sandra Almond-Cooper was a community activist, organizer, leader, labor […]
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Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas dead at age 70
In this Aug. 3, 2008 file photo, Dennis Thomas performs with the band “Kool and the Gang” in concert in Bethlehem, Pa. Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang, has died. Thomas died peacefully in his sleep Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021 in New Jersey, where he […]
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Billie Holiday monument sculptor, James Earl Reid, 78, artist, advocate, fearless fighter
James Earl Reid, the sculptor of Baltimore’s celebrated Billie Holiday monument, died of congestive heart failure on July 18, at age 78. (Courtesy photo) By Jean Thompson Special to the AFRO James Earl Reid, the sculptor of Baltimore’s celebrated Billie Holiday monument, died of congestive heart failure on July 18, at age 78. Reid will […]
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The death of Kay DeBow Alford, co-founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, leaves a void in Black business empowerment
Kay Debow, co-founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, died on July 19, 2021. (Courtesy photo) The National Black Chamber of Commerce announced this week, the death of its co-founder Kay DeBow Alford, on July 19. Highly focused, efficient and determined, Kay was the linchpin of the Chamber, defining multitasking to its highest degree. […]
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Official: 1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died
In this July 19, 2000 file photo, Robert “Bob” Moses, a veteran civil rights activist and founder of the Algebra Project, a math literacy program in Mississippi, speaks in Jackson, Miss. Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and […]
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Dr. Peggy Wall had a ‘crazy faith’ and a loving heart
Dr. Peggy Wall By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware AFRO Managing Editor Dr. Peggy Wall was the kind of woman who’d host a “crazy faith” retreat and dare the women to acknowledge their gifts, ignore their dings and step out — Girlfriend it’s time — on crazy faith and be who they were created to be. […]
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In loving memory of Martha Trulester Dortch Wagstaff
Martha Trulester Dortch Wagstaff transitioned on May 3. She was 87. (Photo courtesy the family) By The Dortch Family Martha Trulester Dortch Wagstaff was born on April 14 ,1935 to the late David Ellis and Lucy John Dortch in Wilson County, North Carolina. On May 3, 2021 the sun would set for Martha as she […]
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Memorial Service for Rev. Marcus Garvey Wood
Rev. Marcus Garvey Wood. (Courtesy Photo) Providence Baptist Church and The Wood Family Will Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Reverend Marcus Garvey Wood, with Love WHAT: On what would have been his 101st birthday, the family and faithful members of Providence Baptist Church, will gather to celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Marcus […]
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Danese G. Moore: ‘No one is better than you are and you are no better than anyone is.’
Danese Lillian Goodwin Moore Danese Lillian Goodwin Moore was born on October 6, 1934 in Columbia, South Carolina to the late William Milton Goodwin and the late Edith Elizabeth Koon. She passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The Goodwin Family lived on Madison Ave, Woodbrook Avenue and later on Bentalou Street. Danese was […]
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Eunice Jackson Obituary (1926 – 2021)
Eunice Motte Jackson August 11, 1926 – May 3, 2021 Eunice Motte Jackson was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the tenth of thirteen children of Charles Laurence Motte and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dyels Motte. She, her twin sister Bernice and their siblings were raised on a berry farm. After graduating from high school, she worked local jobs […]