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Community
Edna McNeir Baker Loses Valiant Fight with Alzheimer’s
Edna Lorraine Adkins McNeir Baker, 91, died Thursday, July 4, peacefully in the home she shared with her son in…
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Black Experience
Phil Freelon, 66, Designer of African American Museum, Dies
Phil Freelon, known for his work designing the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in the nation’s…
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Lifestyle
Noted Chef Leah Chase Dead at 96
Leah Lange Chase, a highly regarded African-American chef and businesswoman based in New Orleans, died June 1 after a brief…
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Black History
Daisy Mae Morgan, 1st Black Woman to Serve on Naval Aircraft Carrier, Dies at 67
Daisy Mae Morgan, the first African American woman to serve on a Naval aircraft carrier, died June 5. She was…
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Entertainment
Willie Ford, Co-Founder of the Dramatics, Dead at 68
Willie "Sugar Bear" Ford, a phenomenal bass singer and one of the co-founders of the legendary soul group The Dramatics,…
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Black History
Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, 89, HU Medical Pioneer, Dies
Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, an oncologist, medical educator and surgical pioneer at Howard University who became the first African American…
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Black History
Geneva Mays, 83, Local Civil Rights Activist, Remembered as Pioneer
Decades before Prince George's County had a plethora of African-American leaders from affluent enclaves, Geneva Mays was working hard to…
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Black History
Federal Judge, Civil Rights Icon Damon Keith Dead at 96
Damon J. Keith, the federal judge whose rulings in a string of high-profile cases over three decades catapulted him to…
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Entertainment
John Singleton, 51, ‘Boyz n the Hood’ Director, Dies
Renowed filmmaker John Singleton, who shot to prominence nearly three decades ago with his debut "Boyz n the Hood," died…
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Obituary
E. Veronica Scott-Pace, Longtime D.C. Advocate for Seniors, Dies at 78
E. Veronica Scott-Pace, former executive director of the D.C. Office of Aging and one of the city's most ardent advocates…
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