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Black History
Honoring the lives of Black people who have been making history all around us every day.
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News Obituaries
Robert Ashby (1926–2021), Tuskegee Airman who was the first Black pilot for Frontier Airlines
He was the only Tuskegee Airman known to have become a pilot for a major airline.
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News Obituaries
Shelia Washington (1960–2021), museum founder who helped exonerate the Scottsboro Boys
She was determined to find justice for the wrongfully convicted young men.
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Jordan became president of the National Urban League when he was in his 30s.
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Black golfers were still excluded from the PGA when Wright won.
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Trayvon Martin and other notable people who died this day in history…
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He co-founded the acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company.
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History is happening all around us every day, as we see when we read local obituaries
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News Obituaries
Melvin Banks (1934–2021), founder of Christian publishing house Urban Ministries, Inc.
Banks created the largest Black Christian publishing house in the U.S.
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Durham beat future Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton for the national title.