Civil Rights Icon and former Executive Director of the NAACP Mr. Benjamin Hooks died Thursday in Memphis after a long illness. He was 85 years of age. Hooks took over as the NAACP’s executive director when the organization’s stature had diminished in 1977, serving at this post for 15 years. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1925, [...]
On March 31, Eugene Allen a longtime butler of the White House died of renal failure at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park. Born July 14, 1919, in Scottsville, Va Mr. Allen worked as a waiter at the Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Va., and later at a country club in Washington. In 1952, he heard of a job [...]
J. Bruce Llewellyn a national entrepreneur and role model in the American business community died on April 8, at 82 years of age. He was best known as Chairman of the Board and CEO of The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the nation’s largest Black-owned firm. Born to Jamaican immigrants, Mr. Llewellyn was raised in Harlem and joined the [...]
Daisey Bailey of Detroit, Michigan, the world’s oldest African American, died at 114 years of age. Bailey died of organ failure Sunday at Henry Ford Hospital. The Detroit resident was the fifth oldest person in the world and the oldest living black person as certified by the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks people who are 100 years and older. [...]
Paul R. Jones, one of the top 100 art collectors in the United States has died. He was 81. Jones died in Atlanta on Tuesday January 26, after a brief illness, said University of Alabama spokeswoman Angie Estes. The university established an art collection in Jones’ name after receiving some 1,700 pieces valued at $5 [...]
Despite what your views were about Howard Zinn, one thing for certain is that he made an impact and imprint on today’s society. A historian, playwright, and author of more than twenty books. He was a shipyard worker and a Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps, serving as a bombardier in World War Two, before he went to college [...]
Ben Ali, founder of the world famous Ben’s Chili Bowl, passed away on Wednesday, October 7 at 10:15pm. He was at home with his wife, Virginia, and died peacefully of natural causes. He was 82. Family, friends, and countless fans of Ben’s will sorely miss the energetic and unforgettable personality of Ben Ali. He was [...]
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