Spike Lee’s father was a prolific musician in his own right Double-bassist and composer William “Bill” James Edwards Lee, best known for his musical scores in collaboration with his director […]
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Black four-star general likely Joint Chiefs chair
Promotion of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. Rumors have circulated for weeks, and it has yet to become official, but President Joseph Biden is expected to name Air Force Gen. […]
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Jim Brown: Transforming sports, movies, activism
NFL Hall of Famer dies at age 87 “If ever there was someone I tried to imitate it was The Great Jim Brown.” —Former Heavyweight Champion George Foreman “…what he […]
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Cecily Myart-Cruz and a common sense approach to public education
President of United Teachers Los Angeles “The Struggle is Real… Fists Up!” —imprint on the Cecily Myart-Cruz email. It’s 2020 and Cecily Myart-Cruz makes history as the first Afro-Latina elected […]
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Emmett Till accuser dies at age 88
Woman admitted she lied about story His murder invigorated the Civil Rights Movement and exposed the random killings of African-Americans in the south. On April 25, Carolyn Bryant Donham, the […]
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Award-winning jazz keyboardist Ahmad Jamal dies at age 92
Influential pianist Ahmad Jamal has died at the age of 92 from prostate cancer. He passed away at his Ashley Falls, Mass. home on Sunday, April 16 according to his wife, Laura Hess-Hay, and daughter Sumayah Jamal.
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Pioneering animator Leo Sullivan dies locally at age 82
Veteran animation director, filmmaker, and writer Leo Sullivan passed away on April 1 at Kaiser Permanente’s West Los Angeles Medical Center from heart failure. He was 82. During a career spanning over 50 years, he contributed to such children’s classics
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Dr. Melina Abdullah on our collective community fatigue
“…through the propagation of false ideas of racial and national superiority, the artist, the scientist, the writer is challenged. The struggle invades the formerly cloistered halls of our universities and other seats of learning. The battlefront is everywhere. There is no sheltered rear.”
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Dr. Melina Abdullah on our collective community fatigue
“…through the propagation of false ideas of racial and national superiority, the artist, the scientist, the writer is challenged…
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Lance Reddick, dead at 60
Lance Reddick, the intense, commanding actor who gained attention for his role as a principled policeman on HBO’s crime drama television series “The Wire” has passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He died of natural causes at the age of 60.
