Obituary
Julian Bond, civil rights leader, dies at 75
August 17, 2015Julian Bond's life traced the arc of the civil rights movement, from his efforts as a militant young man to the top leadership post at the NAACP.
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Flora Hommel, 87: life as a labor of love
July 17, 2015Besides being the founder of the Childbirth Without Pain Education Association, her work touched on so many areas ... health, women, city politics, world politics.
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Professor Walter T. Howard, 63: activist, teacher, organizer
July 2, 2015Dr. Howard, the son of a long line of coal miners, was born November 23, 1951 in Hazard, Kentucky.
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Christopher Lee, 93: the Count bows out
June 16, 2015Lee, whose 70-year career spanned multiple mediums of art and several generations of audiences; his life was nearly as colorful and interesting as his later film roles would be.
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Blues never die: B.B. King reigned but music lives on
May 21, 2015No one could play the blues like B.B. King, who died Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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