Elder Lawrence Champion Blake, the eldest son of Bishop Blake, died on Jan. 27 2026. Leaving behind a legacy after a tenacious battle with cancer, the devoted pastor made his […]
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Actor T.K. Carter dies at age 69
T.K. Carter, a prolific actor with roles in television shows and feature films stretching over six decades, has died at the age of 69, his publicist confirmed on Jan. 10. […]
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Delta Sigma Theta leader and attorney Kemba Niambi Miles dies at 51
Kemba Niambi Miles, an attorney, community servant, and immediate past president of the Los Angeles Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, died on December 27, 2025. She was […]
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Honoring the life of Betty Reid Soskin
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest former active National Park Service ranger and a lifelong witness to and advocate for Black history, died peacefully on Dec. 21, 2025, at her […]
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Thomas H. Watkins, Jr. Daily Challenge publisher, remembered and honored
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn-raised Thomas Henry Watkins founder, owner, and publisher of the New York Daily Challenge, passed away on Friday, December 19, 2025.“I am sad to hear of the passing of […]
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Jimmy Cliff, reggae pioneer and partner to Bob Marley, dies at 81
The six-decade career of legendary artist Jimmy Cliff, who was born in the Somerton District of Jamaica, was one of the most influential in reggae history and he was a […]
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H. Rap Brown’s legacy
Black revolutionary Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, known as H. Rap Brown until he converted to Islam while in federal prison in the 1970s, died at the age of 82 on Nov. […]
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Aquil Basheer, anti-violence crusader and founder of The Build Program, dies
Aquil Basheer, who worked to reduce gang violence in Los Angeles and elsewhere and founded The Build Program, is being mourned by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and others after […]
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Author Barry Michael Cooper dies at 66 years old
Barry Michael Cooper, who penned the “Harlem Trilogy” of “New Jack City,” “Sugar Hill,” and “Above The Rim,” died in his Baltimore home at 66 last Wednesday. No cause of […]
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Echoes of an Era: Willis Reed, 1942-2023
“There we were knocking on the door of a National Championship. I was always taught to try my best, and after all the hours of practice and soreness, there was no way that I would not go for it.”