Gaines’ poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation town germinated stories of Black struggles that grew into universal stories of grace and beauty
READ MOREBoyle took over the small outdoor clothing company in 1970 and helped build the struggling company into a national brand and retailer
READ MOREIn this March 25, 2015 file photo, Rep. John Walker, D-Little Rock, speaks at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston File)
Walker, a Democrat, had represented a Little Rock district in the state House since 2011 and had been involved in some of the most high-profile discrimination and civil rights cases
READ MOREIn this May 1964 file photo, Associated Press journalist, Kathryn Johnson sits at her desk in Atlanta. (AP photo)
She began covering Martin Luther King Jr. when he was a little-known Baptist preacher from Atlanta, and was the only journalist allowed inside the King home the day he was assassinated
READ MORERep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Trump
READ MOREThe public is invited to a musical Celebration of Life for Frankie to be held Sunday, Oct. 20 at the Spare Room.
READ MOREAlthough she was not the first Black woman to star in her own TV show, she was the first to star as someone other than a servant
READ MOREServices will be held Saturday Oct 5, 2019 at Emmanuel Temple Church, 1033 N. Sumner Street
READ MOREHe was tireless in the fight for access and respect for Black journalists
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