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.
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Dick Gregory (1932-2017)
As a comedian and activist, Gregory broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health.
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Della Reese (1931-2017)
Reese was an actress, singer and talk show host who was best known for her role on the television drama “Touched by an Angel.”
(Photo credit: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Fats Domino (1928-2017)
Domino was a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer who sold countless records.
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Joni Sledge (1956-2017)
Sledge was one of the founding members of the all-girl singing group Sister Sledge.
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Simeon Wright (1943-2017)
Wright, who was the cousin of Emmett Till, was there the day Till was abducted and lynched in 1955.
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Baltimore, Md.
Rosetta Stith (1945-2017)
Stith was a charismatic and tireless advocate for the education of teenage mothers and principal at Paquin Junior-Senior High School.
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R.B. Jones (1952-2017)
Jones was a former AFRO columnist who wrote “Real Side,” a column about Baltimore’s political class.
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George B. Murphy III (1945-2017)
Murphy was the great-grand son of AFRO American Newspapers founder John H. Murphy, Sr. and went on to work in the aviation field.
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Sis. Mary Alice Chineworth (1918-2017)
Sister Mary Alice Chineworth was a towering spiritual figure in Baltimore’s Catholic community as a member of the Oblate Sisters at the St. Frances Academy.
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Washington D.C.
Maj. Gen. (ret.) John Hawkins III (1940-2017)
Hawkins was the president and CEO of Hawkins Solutions International, a consultancy providing human capital support, and a columnist on military affairs for the AFRO-American Newspapers.
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Dolores Kendrick (1927-2017)
Kendrick was named Washington, D.C.’s poet laureate in 1999.
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James Nero (1932-2017)
Nero was a leader in the United Methodist Church.
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Rev. Morris Shearin, Sr. (1941-2017)
Shearin served as the ninth pastor of Israel Baptist Church in Northeast Washington, D.C. and was a past president of the D.C. NAACP.
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James (Jim) Howard Vance III (1942-2017)
Vance was a longtime local and highly respected news anchor who was the area’s longest-serving television anchor with 45 years of news reporting. (Photo credit: Courtesy photo)
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Prince George’s County
Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, III (1994-2017)
Collins was an Army second lieutenant who was scheduled to graduate from Bowie State University in May.
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Judge William Missouri (1940-2017)
Missouri was a retired Maryland Circuit Court Judge.
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