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Taki S. Raton Honored and Remembered During Memorial Service

July 24, 2015

By Ariele Vaccaro July 24, 2015   Taki S. Raton     On the evening of July 17, a crowd gathered in the former home of AM 920 WOKY to celebrate the life of writer and educator Taki S. Raton. There, more than thirty attendees listened to speeches from those whose lives were touched by […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Blyden Delany Academy, JULY 24 2015, Milwaukee African-American Community, Passing, Rahim Islam, Taki S. Raton, The Milwaukee Courier, UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING, VOL. 25 NO. 28, Young Gifted and Black Series

Gene Gene the Dancing Machine of ‘Gong Show’ Fame Dies

March 20, 2015

(REUTERS) — Eugene Patton, the stage hand who earned fame as "Gene Gene The Dancing Machine" on the quirky talent romp "The Gong Show," has died at the age of 82 after suffering from diabetes, his family said.   At what were supposed to be spontaneous moments in the show launched in the 1970s that […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chuck Barris, Eugene Patton, Gene Gene the Dancing Machine, MARCH 20 2015, Passing, The Gong Show, TV, VOL. 25 NO. 10

VOICES: A Relentless Crusader for Diversity is Lost

March 13, 2015

By Brent Jones March 13, 2015   Dori J. Maynard (Photo: Jane Tyska, Oakland Tribune via AP)     Journalism lost a courageous soldier this week.     Dori J. Maynard, 56, who died Tuesday of lung cancer, didn't report in combat zones. She had no battle scars to show. Dori's fight was of a […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Media, Dori J. Maynard, Journalist, MARCH 13 2015, Nancy Hicks Maynard, Passing, Robert Maynard, The Oakland Tribune, VOICES, VOL. 25 NO. 9

2 Tuskegee Airmen, Both 91, Die on Same Day in Los Angeles

January 16, 2015

By John Rogers, Associated Press January 16, 2015   This April 7, 2011 photo by Bruce Talamon shows Clarence E. “Buddy” Huntley Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed all-black squadron that flew in World War II, posing with a P-51C Mustang fighter plane similar to the one that he was a crew […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Clarence E. Buddy Huntley Jr., Distinguished Flying Cross, JANUARY 16 2015, Joseph Shambrey, Passing, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Experiment, VOL. 25 NO. 2, World War II

Edward Brooke, 1st Black Elected U.S. Senator, Dies

January 9, 2015

By Sylvia Wingfield & Mark Pratt, Associated Press January 9, 2015   This Oct. 28, 2009, file photo shows President Barack Obama greeting former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a ceremony where Brooke received the Congressional Gold Medal. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)     BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Edward Brooke, JANUARY 9 2015, Passing, VOL. 25 NO. 1



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