Obituaries
Claudette Colvin was known for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus nine months before Rosa Parks.
Gospel legend Richard Smallwood, 8-time Grammy nominee, dies at 77 after kidney failure. Pioneered contemporary gospel sound.
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, a Black revolutionary who preached armed resistance, dies at 82.
Black Liberation Party member Assata Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron, has died at the age of 78, according to family members.
As we’ve come to understand year after year, day after day even, death is unfortunately an inevitable part of life. Still, as much of a fact as that may be, the blow of experiencing loss never gets any easier, nor does reporting on the subject in Black culture.
Nikki Giovanni, the legendary poet, author and activist whose career spanned nearly 60 years, has died. She was 81.
Beloved comedian and radio personality Wanda Smith has reportedly passed away at 58 years old. The news was revealed this evening—just one day after her October 11th birthday. The Miami native was well known for her on-air career, co-hosting the Atlanta radio show Frank and Wanda in the Morning. She hosted the morning show from […]
Tito Jackson, musician and member of the legendary Jackson family, reportedly passed away on Sept. 15 at the age of 70.
While death is inevitably a part of life, that truth doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to those who have died in our Black culture.
Rest in peace to a civil rights icon and powerful force in American politics.
"She was a trailblazer, a diva, and will be deeply missed," Motown founder Berry Gordy said.