Golf industry veteran Leon Preston Gilmore II died on December 1. His family said he suffered a massive stroke. He was 52. During his career, Gilmore has served in various…
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Rock Hill, South Carolina – Mr. Sammie Lee Barnette, 78, of 109 Walcott Ct., passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022. He was a member of the Tri-County Golf Club…
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The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, a prominent faith leader who led Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, died on Friday, the church said. He was 73. An announcement that Rev.…
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Wyatt Blackmon Jr. humbly bowed to God’s will and peacefully entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, in Lancaster, South Carolina surrounded by the love of family. A…
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Kent Carter, Arlington civil rights leader killed in Turks and Caicos shooting; A person of interest has been arrested in connection to the murder
Kent Carter, a prominent racial-justice leader in Northern Virginia, was one of three people killed last weekend in the Turks and Caicos Islands amid a string of violent attacks that…
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William ‘Bill’ Bishop, Dies at 91, pioneering golf professional and amateur golfer
by AAGD Staffby AAGD StaffWilliam “Bill” Bishop, a pioneering golfer, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at his home in Philadelphia. He was 91. He was an African American PGA golf professional and amateur…
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August 13, 1971 ~ September 4, 2022 (age 51) Charles Edward Whitfield passed on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Charles was the brother of James Boulware (Tri-County Golf Association Member and General Manager of…
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — “CNN’s beloved anchor and colleague, Bernard Shaw, passed away yesterday at 82. Bernie was a CNN original and was our Washington Anchor when we launched on Jun.…
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Ava Muhammad was a famous American Black Muslim who was best known for being the first female Minister to preside over a mosque and region in the history of the…
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A former Chicago schoolteacher, she appeared on TV in ‘A Different World’ and ‘I’ll Fly Away,’ winning an Emmy in 1993. Mary Alice, an actress known for her Emmy- and…
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Clifford Alexander Jr., first Black secretary of Army, dies at 88
by AAGD Staffby AAGD StaffClifford L. Alexander Jr., a Harlem-raised, Ivy League-educated lawyer who was a crusading chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the late 1960s and later served as the first…
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Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Robinson, age 75, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at St. Vincent Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born on March 7, 1947, in Columbia,…