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.”
