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Category: Birthdays

Birthdays January 26th – February 1st

January 26, 2023 Free PressBirthdays

January 26–Robert Welch, Carolyn Honeycutt, Lois Lyons, Tasha Harris, Nellie Lee, Herbert Walk, III, Mary Allen, In Loving Memory of Velma H. Palmer, Tina Harris, Joyce Dotson, Blanche A. Brown, Symone Taylor, Misty Andrews, Micheal Wesley, Yolanda Anderson, In Loving…

Timothy Henderson

Birthdays January 19th – January 25th

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Free PressBirthdays

January 19–Ruthie Riley, Osna Taylor Horne, Marilyn Britton, Dedra D. Drayton, Frances Wilkins, Robert Edwards, Sr., Lakine Paco Henderson, Leotra Jackson, W.T. James, Jason Traylor, Malinka Donyai Simmons, Dorothy Goodjoint, Daisy J. Williams, Tory Doyle, Ponchella Dofford-Lee, Jackie Coleman, In…

Delores McFarland

Birthdays January 13th – January 18th

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Free PressBirthdays

January 13–Walter Robinson, In Loving Memory of Maggielean Taylor, In Loving Memory of Lavargne Gunn-Ford, Kemario Newton, Ashleith Wallace, David Sigust, Leon Scott, Terasheo Wines, Betty Brown. January 14–Nikkita Moore, Shunterris Thomas, Norman (Mr.Rick) Johnson, Greg Oliver, Carol Exkano. January…

Greg Oliver

Birthdays December 22nd – January 12th

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Free PressBirthdays

December 22-Bonnie Jones, Lorene Jefferson, Fannie Wyatt, Callie Catson, Shonda Mack, Jaastasia Griffin, Damian Harris, In Loving Memory of Tillman Brown, Sherry Ray Wilson, Johnny Ray James II, David Turner, Jr., Vearis M. Atlas, Lonnie Jones, Jaqueline Warbington, Kayla Whitfield,…

Toria Adams

Birthdays December 15th – December 21st

December 15, 2022 Free PressBirthdays

December 15-James Henderson, Jr., William Johnson, Michael Jackson, Veronica Brown, Johnny Blakes, Beulah Goldman, In Loving Memory of Henrietta Smith, Rose Carin, Wena S. Davis, Mel Conway, In Loving Memory of Jo Ann Williams, In Loving Memory of Corey Bernard…

Ronnie Traylor

Birthdays December 8th – December 14th

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Free PressBirthdays

December 8-Zerry Nelson, Rosie Lewis, Isaac Jones, Terry Daniels, Altovia Lane, Brodricka Miller, Richard Zemry Johnson. December 9-Jimmy Harden, Abram Myles, Volonda Harris, Larry Jenkins, Jemicia Lyons, Donna Guy, Othelia G. Moore, Ora Griffin, Johnnie R. Calhoun, Maurice Mitchell, Jacqueline…

Kay Gray

Birthdays December 1st – December 7th

December 1, 2022 Free PressBirthdays

December 1-Richelle Miles, Charlene Norman, Lilla Holland, Victor Campbell, Ellyn Robinson-Taplin, Abe McFarland, Victor McFarland, Shelia Jackson, In Loving Memory of Ethel Stewart, Richard Byrd, Toris Thomisee, In Loving Memory of Deborah Byrd Nabors, Ada Blakes Moore, Brea Joyner. December…

Alma Jessie

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority holds Youth Auxiliary Induction

Mrs. Katherine Brown Hubbard elected as new president for Zeta Amicae

Mt. Canaan Baptist Church to host the First Harry Blake Social Justice Empowerment Conference

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Edward C. Berry

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Rebecca Lee Crumpler

By Garry Blanson During my recent research into Black History, I found…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Philip Anthony Payton, Jr.

It has been reported that back in 1920, Harlem, New York was…

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