Sunday, March 13, 2022
Her desire for a second undergraduate degree was cut short after just three days when a mob of racists assaulted her with food, rocks, and other items when she attempted to enter the University of Alabama.
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Andre Léon Talley, a trailblazing figure in fashion journalism has died. Talley was born in Washington, DC and raised by his grandmother Bennie Frances Davis in Durham, NC. According to his memoir A.L.T.: A Memoir, Talley’s grandmother worked as a housekeeper for Duke University. To escape t…
Friday, January 14, 2022
The Twin Cities recently lost a freedom fighter. Hailed as brilliant, honest, and a sensitive man, Mel Reeves, an editor and activist, recently transitioned into his next life and next mission after dealing with complications from COVID-19 and pneumonia. Reeves, 64, was an editor and writer …
Thursday, December 30, 2021
The quiet death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu this morning (December 26) gives us pause as we close out 2021 — a year that has been filled with health and social pandemics. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/desmond-tutu-dies-age-90-nobel-laureate-anti-apartheid-leader-south-africa/
Friday, December 03, 2021
Lee Elder, a golfing pioneer, and the first Black player to compete in the Masters has died at 87.
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Lucille Williams of famed North Minneapolis restaurant Lucille’s Kitchen. Age 81; Robbinsdale, MN, after a brief illness. She was born August 27, 1940 in Shreveport, Louisiana, the eldest of five children. She was a straight A student who graduated from George Washington Carver High Sch…
Monday, September 13, 2021
The internet is buzzing with news iconic actor Michael K. Williams has died. Multiple media outlets including The Hollywood Reporter are reporting the celebrated actor who played some of the most interesting and complicated characters on television including Omar on The Wire (HBO), Chalky Wh…
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Robert Horace Johnson, 90 of Minneapolis died June 20, 2020. He was preceded in death by his wife Alene Johnson and daughter Penny Webb. He is survived by daughters, Valerie Hutchinson, June Johnson, Robbin McLaurin, and Ramona McCree. Visitation is Thursday, June 25 at 10 AM with the funera…
Former North Minneapolis legislator the Rev. Randolph "Randy" Staten impacted Minnesota as a whole. He was the first African American legislator from the city of Minneapolis representing House District 57B (now 59B). Staten served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1981 to 1987.
