Katherine Johnson, one of the barrier-breaking NASA mathematicians depicted in "Hidden Figures" movie, died Monday, a representative of NASA said.
Legendary fashion model, chef, restaurateur, lifestyle icon, and businesswoman Barbara Elaine Smith, known as "B. Smith," has died. She was 70.
Civil rights leader Juanita Abernathy, whose significant role in the civil rights movement helped reshape America's cultural and political landscape, has died.
Toni Morrison, a literary legend who encapsulated the essence of black identity, in particular, the black woman experience, has passed away in the Bronx. She was...
Larry Cunningham, singer in the R&B group The Floaters, has passed away. He was 67.
Roy Hargrove, a keen trumpeter, who as a young steward, brilliantly bridged bebop tradition to hip-hop and R&B, died on Friday night in New York City.
Ntozake Shange, the poet, novelist and playwright of choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” has passed awa
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, passed away on Thursday August 16th at her home in Detroit, MI. She was 76.
LeRoy Fraiser, who along with his brother and a high school student were among the first African American students to challenge segregation at University of North...
The daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner, has passed away Saturday morning in Brooklyn, her family confirmed.
