Tag: funeral
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...
Hundreds Honor Slain Civil Rights Activist Sadie Roberts Joseph
Hundreds honor Sadie Robert-Joseph, slain civil rights icon and museum founder who was remembered for living a life of purpose. Roberts-Joseph, the founder of...