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    Theatre Icon Woodie King, Jr. Passes

    By Fern GillespieLegendary griot theatre producer-director Woodie King, Jr, The King of Black Theatre, has died at age 88. King's New Federal Theatre has been at the forefront of producing critically acclaimed plays with social justice themes, for over 50 years. He has mentored...
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    Spring C. McClendon Passes

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    Remembering My Cousin Gene

    Gene Lashley and I grew up in the same house and he was more...
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    Minister Clemson Brown: “I’ve Always Been Looking for My Blackness.”

    Basir MchawiMinister Clemson Brown was born in the backwoods of South Carolina during one...
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    Scholars Mourned

    The Vassar community lost two influential leaders in th “Africana Studies Program this month:...
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    Andrea Jeannette Flateau

    September 12, 1952 – July 6, 2023 Andrea Jeannette Flateau lived an exemplary, joyful, inspirational,...
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    The Phenomenal Tina Turner Dies in Switzerland at Age 83

    Music icon Tina Turner, the ultimate “Queen of Rock” and Black crossover singer-performer died...
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    Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies at age 96

    Ben Beaumont-Thomastheguardian.comHarry Belafonte, the singer, actor and civil rights activist who broke down racial...
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    Michel Marriott, Pioneer Veteran Journalist, Dies at 69

    by Richard Prince,Journal-ismsMichel Marriott, a veteran of The New York Times, The Washington Post,...
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    Remembering Victoria Horsford

    By Mell P , Carib News| on December 14, 2022 Victoria Francis Horsford was the...
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    Osceola “Ozzy” Louis Fletcher

    (January 16, 1922-November 3, 2022)Renaissance Man and more … Osceola “Ozzy” Louis Fletcher was born...
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    “Remember Her Name!”

    Irene Cara, Oscar-Winning Actress/Songwriter/Singer Passes By Bernice Elizabeth GreenIrene Cara, the first Black woman to...
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    Dolores M. Syphax, 94, pillar of the community, passes

    Dolores Marceline Syphax, age 94 of Brooklyn, New York, passed away on Monday July...
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    Michelle Materre, Film Historian and Mentor, Passes

    By Fern E. GillespieIndependent filmmakers, Black filmmakers, film scholars and the creative community are...
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