Rosetta Miller Perry, founder, president and CEO of the Tennessee Tribune and widely known as the “Queen Mother of the Black Press of America,” died June 26 at age 91. A pioneering publisher, civil rights leader and entrepreneur, Perry built one of Tennessee’s most influential Black-owned newspapers after launching it with her personal savings in 1991, leaving a lasting legacy in journalism and community advocacy.
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Marshall Latimore editor for African American community newspaper Atlanta Voice dies at 36
Marshall Latimore, Executive Editor and Chief Content Officer for the Atlanta Voice Newspaper. ATLANTA — A beloved leader at the Atlanta Voice newspaper has died. He was 36. Marshall A. Latimore was the Executive Editor and Chief Content Officer of the largest audited African American community newspaper in Georgia. He died suddenly on Tuesday night, the publisher, Janis Ware, confirmed […]
