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Legendary Journalist Gail Berkley Dies at 74

January 1, 2022

She Worked For Black Press For Over 48 Years By Evan Carlton Ward Sun-Reporter This story was originally published by the Sun-Reporter. Gail Cordelia Berkley-Armstrong, legendary awarding-winning Bay Area journalist and Sun-Reporter editor, has died after a lengthy illness. She was 74. The veteran journalist was committed to the mission of the Black Press of […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Evan Carlton Ward, Gail Cordelia Berkley-Armstrong, Obituaries

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

John Lewis May Be Gone But, His Legacy Remains

July 25, 2020

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When we die, we hope that we’ll be remembered but there are certain people in this world who will never be forgotten, and U.S. Rep. John Lewis was one of them. Lewis passed away last week Friday, July 17. He was 80 years old and had fought a six-month battle with cancer. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, John Lewis, Obituaries

IN MEMORIAM: Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch: Remembering Carroll Spinney

December 21, 2019

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor Growing up, Sesame Street was a way of life. Modeled after a brownstone neighborhood in Harlem, it was familiar yet far with a cast of characters who looked and sounded like the melting pot of people growing up in America’s cities at that time. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, Nsenga K. Burton, Obituaries, Oscar the Grouch, Sesame Street

Vel Phillips, Influential Trailblazer and Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 94

April 21, 2018

By Evan Casey and Karen Stokes Velvalea “Vel” Phillips, a Milwaukee legend, an advocate for civil rights who displayed courage under great pressure, died Tuesday. She was 94. Civil rights activist Vel Phillips was the first woman to sit on the Milwaukee Common Council. She was the first woman to serve as a judge in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Evan Casey, Karen Stokes, Obituaries, Vel Phillips

Winnie Mandela Dies at 81

April 7, 2018

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) South Africa’s “Mother of the Nation” an anti-Apartheid crusader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died, her family confirmed in a statement on Monday, April 2. The ex-wife of the late Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela was 81. In a statement, her family said Mandela “died after a long illness, for which […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Obituaries, Stacy M. Brown, Winnie Mandela

Simeon Booker, an Icon of Black Journalism, Dies at 99

December 16, 2017

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Simeon Booker, a trailblazing Black journalist, who covered the Civil Rights Movement for the iconic African American magazines EBONY and Jet and who was the first Black person to work as a full-time Washington Post reporter, has died. Booker, who’s credited with playing an integral role in delivering […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Obituaries, Simeon Booker, Stacy M. Brown

‘A Trusted Comrade,’ Black Press Legend George Curry Dies at 69

August 26, 2016

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributor The Black Press lost one of it’s most celebrated warriors when George Curry, veteran journalist and former Editor-In-Chief of the NNPA News Wire, died from an apparent heart attack on Saturday, August 20. Curry was 69. “On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), we are […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin Chavis, Black Press Legends, George Curry, NNPA, Obituaries, Stacy M. Brown

Inside and Outside of the Ring, The Champ Made a Difference

June 10, 2016

By Stacy M. Brown The Washington Informer, NNPA Member Muhammad Ali’s historic win against George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974 was perhaps the greatest of all of his ring victories. Ali dropped Foreman in the eighth round of that heavyweight bout known as “The Rumble in the Jungle.” Foreman was among the first to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Muhammad Ali, Obituaries, Stacey M. Brown

Wisconsin’s First African-American Judge, Harold Jackson, Passes at 77

February 19, 2016

Harold Baron Jackson, Jr. was born December 28, 1939 in Washington, D.C. Julia O. Jackson and Harold Jackson Sr. were prominent members of the Black middle class in Washington D.C. Julia O. had big dreams for their son, coupled with his high IQ; so, instead of sending him to Dunbar High School – known as […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History, Harold Baron Jackson Jr., Michael Clark, Obituaries

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

The “Shining Star” Has Left Us

February 11, 2016

A Tribute to Maurice White by Harry C. Alford On February 3 my oldest daughter sent me a text saying: “Daddy, Maurice White died this morning.” I conveyed the sad news to my wife and realized that Maurice was like family to most of us. His songs and live performances brought joy to our nation […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Earth Wind and Fire, Harry C. Alford, Maurice White, Obituaries

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