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Published: 02 January 2024

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The nurse from Texas helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said in a statement that she was the “single most effective legislator Dallas has ever had.” 

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Written by ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer

Published: 13 December 2023

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The Chicago-born actor had his breakthrough role alongside Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman in 1989’s “Glory" the Oscar-winning film about an All-black regiment during the Civil War. He won two Emmys and was nominated 11 times.

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Published: 10 December 2023

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America’s first Black soap opera star was also an acclaimed Broadway and film actress

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Written by By DARREN SANDS Associated Press

Published: 04 December 2023

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Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the United States. But things changed dramatically in the 2000s. Pearson underwent a cataclysmic theological shift that altered the course of his life and legacy; notably, he rejected the concept of hell Pearson, 70, died Nov. 19 after a brief battle with cancer. 

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Written by By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Published: 01 December 2023

Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor is shown speaking before a Senate hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court in a Sept. 9, 1981 file photo. (AP Photo/ John Duricka, File) 

Chief Justice John Roberts says O'Connor blazed a historic trail as the first female justice and "met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability, and engaging candor.” 

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Published: 20 November 2023

 

Through more than 77 years of marriage, until her death Sunday at the age of 96, Rosalynn Carter was business and political partner, best friend and closest confidant to the 39th president.

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Written by Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Published: 13 November 2023

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“Bertie Bowman was a trailblazing South Carolinian and the longest-serving Black staffer on Capitol Hill. His dedication to public service is an inspiration to us all. May he Rest in Power,” wrote Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn in tribute.

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Published: 30 October 2023

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“Friends” star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television’s most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54.

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Written by JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer

Published: 25 October 2023

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Roundtree’s “Shaft” was part of a change in how Black movies were viewed in Hollywood, which failed to consider Black actors – especially for leading roles — in projects at the time

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Published: 13 October 2023

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Rudolph Isley was an integral founding member of the renowned musical family ensemble, which included his brothers O’Kelly “Kelly” Isley Jr. and Ronald Isley.