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Eunice Johnson, who ran Ebony Fashion Fair, dies
10:00 AM on 01/05/2010
CHICAGO (AP) -- Eunice Johnson, the widow of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson and a fashion maven who ran thousands of traveling runway shows aimed at black audiences, has died. She was 93...
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Centenarian who inspired Obama is remembered fondly
5:51 AM on 12/29/2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- Ann Nixon Cooper was remembered as a charismatic woman who, after toiling through the civil rights era, lived to see herself hailed in an election night speech...
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Fiancee of late Bengals' Henry: He changed my life
2:39 PM on 12/23/2009
WESTWEGO, La. (AP) -- Chris Henry's fiancee wept as she spoke about the late Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tuesday, saying that while she often got credit for helping him stay clear of trouble, he changed her life as well...
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Music executive raises $20,000 to lay Detroit's deceased to rest
12:00 PM on 12/17/2009
After recently launching "May WE Rest in Peace", a non-profit organization to give back to the city of Detroit, music executive Shanti Das has been able to raise $20,000 since its initial beginnings in October...
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10 year-old remembered for her huge impact on community
3:00 PM on 12/02/2009
VIDEO - Leigh Ashley Lampart's life may have been short, but family and friends of the 10 year-old, gathered to celebrate the huge impact she had on those who love her...
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Shaq paid for funeral of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis
12:04 PM on 11/26/2009
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage...
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Mourners gather to remember Shaniya Davis
11:12 AM on 11/23/2009
VIDEO - Though she lived just five years, Shaniya Davis drew in death a following to rival those who've lived far longer...
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Jackson and Farrakhan attend Chicago teen's funeral, call for end of violence
6:57 AM on 10/04/2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school drew civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Saturday...
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Couple gets married at 7-year-old son's funeral
6:01 PM on 09/08/2009
VIDEO -- The parents of a 7-year-old boy who died after an upstate New York car crash have fulfilled his wish that they get married, and they did it at the child's funeral.
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Jackson finally laid to rest in private service
6:00 AM on 09/04/2009
Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with...
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Jackson to finally be put to rest
8:40 AM on 09/03/2009
Nine weeks after his death, Jackson's body will be buried at sunset alongside other stars including Walt Disney and Clark Gable.
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Tuskegee airman turned civil rights lawyer dies at 88
5:00 PM on 09/01/2009
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- Former Tuskegee Airman Robert Decatur, who became a judge and civil rights lawyer, will be buried in Biloxi this week...
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Jackson memorial tickets being sold for thousands
12:53 PM on 07/06/2009
Michael Jackson's concerts always were difficult to get tickets to, but that's nothing compared to the pop star's memorial service.
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Jackson's kids face hurdles in dealing with his death
7:39 AM on 07/04/2009
No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent. How the three young Jacksons fare is up to the remaining adults in their lives...
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LA prepares for global MJ fan invasion
9:16 AM on 07/03/2009
Los Angeles officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to figure out how to accommodate an expected horde of Michael Jackson fans who will show up for a public memorial service next week. The Jackson family said in a statement that the event has been set for 10 a.m...
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Quincy Jones: I'm not attending Michael's funeral
6:20 PM on 07/01/2009
Quincy Jones, who produced Michael Jackson's classic album "Thriller," said he will not attend the singer's funeral. Jones arrived at London's Heathrow airport today and told reporters he was devastated by Jackson's death. He called it "surrealistic." Jones said the last time he saw Jackson was back in May in...
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Winners and losers in Michael Jackson's will
6:20 PM on 07/01/2009
A look at who wins and loses in Michael Jackson's 2002 will, which aims to move all of his estimated $500 million-plus assets into a private family trust.
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Car wash held to raise money for funeral
5:03 PM on 06/25/2009
A lack of money to cover funeral expenses for a community activist in Washington state has prompted her family and friends to raise money in a manner familiar to neighborhood organizations: They held a car wash and bake sale...
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Woman's body found in shed behind TX funeral home
2:28 PM on 06/24/2009
The body of a woman who passed away in 2006 was found on Friday in a shed behind the Forest Park Funeral Home in San Antonio, Texas. The woman was identified as Ada Young. Her body was suppose to be cremated but instead she was placed in a casket and...
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Funeral home has licenses revoked after cutting legs to fit corpse in casket (video)
10:22 AM on 06/03/2009
JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) -- Authorities in South Carolina revoked the licenses of a funeral home and its director after he admitted one of his employees cut the legs of a 6-foot-7 (2-meter) man without the family's permission so the corpse would fit in a...
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Health care reform protesters shout N-word at black lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Andre Carson told a reporter that as he walked with Rep. John Lewis, a leader of the civil rights era, some chanted "the N-word, 15 times."...
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