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Desperation becomes sorrow after elementary school shooting

By Elliot Spagat and Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press Desperation turned to heart-wrenching sorrow for families of grade schoolers killed after an 18-year-old gunman barricaded...

‘Black America’s Attorney General’ Seems to be Everywhere

By AARON MORRISON and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is "Black America's attorney general.'' In less than a decade, the Florida-based...

Black-Owned Funeral Homes Adapt for Virus, Serve Communities

ILEANA NAJARRO, Tampa Bay Times | AP Wire Service TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - For the first time since 1990, Jeffrey Rhodes has told families that...

WATCH: Obama Eulogizes John Lewis

Lewis died July 17 at age 80. By Virginia Van Zandt Rep. John Lewis was “forceful vision of freedom,” said former President Barack Obama in the...

No Time to Grieve: How COVID-19 Has Changed Funerals and Mourning

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media It could be the high-profile deaths of African American cultural icons like Little Richard, Andre Harrell or Betty...