
Jimmy Cliff, legendary Jamaican musician and longtime contemporary of Bob Marley, passed away at 81. His six-decade career introduced reggae...

Viola Ford “Mother” Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died November 24 at age 111 — leaving behind a legacy of...

Joseph McNeil, one of the original four North Carolina A&T students who sparked the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins at a Woolworth’s lunch counter, has died at 83....

Dr. Richard A. Singletary, founder of Portsmouth’s African Art Museum and a lifelong educator, musician, and cultural scholar, passed away at 84, leaving behind a legacy...

Dr. Richard A. Singletary, founder of Portsmouth’s African Art Museum and a lifelong educator, musician, and cultural scholar, passed away at 84, leaving behind a legacy...

Dr. Bill Cannady, a pioneering force in Virginia’s public education system and former state superintendent, is remembered for his transformative leadership, mentorship, and lasting impact on...

Rev. Dr. Owen C. Cardwell, Jr., a civil rights pioneer and one of the first Black students to desegregate Lynchburg public schools, passed on May 12,...

Charlie Rangel, the legendary congressman and Harlem statesman, leaves behind a powerful legacy of civil rights advocacy, urban renewal, and historic leadership that shaped Black political...

Virginia mourns Judge Jerrauld C. Jones, a pioneering civil rights-era figure who rose from school desegregation to state legislator and judge, leaving behind a legacy of...

Betty Jean Reed Kea, a member of the Norfolk 17 who desegregated Granby High School in 1959, passed away May 13 in Baltimore, just days before...