
Hampton Roads mourns the passing of Rogers Nathan Brown, founder of RaJazz and longtime Norfolk State University music educator whose...

Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, the devoted wife of Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan for more than seven decades, has died at age 90, leaving behind...

Mrs. Marian Todd Reid, beloved educator, church leader, and widow of former New Journal and Guide Publisher Dr. Milton A. Reid, passed away at age 96,...

The New Journal and Guide mourns the loss of longtime columnist Sean C. Bowers, whose decades of fearless commentary championed justice, equity, and democracy across local...

Raheema Turner Shabazz, beloved Norfolk business owner and community pillar, passed away February 14, 2026. A graduate of I.C. Norcom and Norfolk State University, she built...

The Honorable Florine R. Clarke, a trailblazing civic leader and the first African American woman to serve on the Chesapeake City Council, has passed at 96,...

Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her bus seat months before Rosa Parks and later helped end bus segregation through the courts, has died at...

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

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....