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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 14 February 2022

 

Maxine McNair, who was the last living parent of the four African American girls murdered in a 1963 Alabama church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan, died on January 2, 2022 at 93.

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Written by By Bill Carpenter

Published: 09 February 2022

 

“Our dear brother Donny passed away early this morning at home, peacefully, surrounded by family,”

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Published: 24 January 2022

 

She was known as "The Queen of Basketball!"

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Written by By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer

Published: 19 January 2022

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André Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry, has died. He was 73.

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 07 January 2022

 

Mrs. Dollarson was a pivotal elder in our community. She was a woman of great strength, wisdom, and generosity.

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Written by By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

Published: 07 January 2022

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Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance, has died.

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Written by By LYNN ELBER and FRAZIER MOORE Associated Press

Published: 03 January 2022

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She would have turned 100 on Jan. 17.

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 29 December 2021

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Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, the third-generation editor and publisher of The Wilmington Journal, died December 28 at the age of 78.

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Written by ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press

Published: 26 December 2021

 

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at 90

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Written by By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent

Published: 09 December 2021

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Bob Dole lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, as many gathered to pay tribute to a “giant of our history” who served the country in war and in politics with pragmatism, self-deprecating wit and a bygone era's sense of common civility and compromise.