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Elected officials and community leaders react to release of video showing Tyre Nichols death at the hands of Memphis police

By Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer Elected officials and community leaders are joining citizens around the country in mourning the brutal death of Tyre...

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 4, 2023

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Shirley Johnson

October 11, 1953 ~ January 23, 2023

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 3, 2023

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Luebertha Harrison

August 19, 1938 ~ January 21, 2023

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 3, 2023

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A Genius of Motown Dies

By Joseph Green-BishopTexas Metro News Correspondent The Motown lyricist, Barrett Strong Jr., whose plethora of hit records included, “I Heard it through the Grapevine,” which quickly became an...

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 3, 2023

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Curtis Rashaun Etherly

August 17, 1980 - January 20, 2023

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 2, 2023

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Acclaimed African Labor Leader dies

By Joseph Green-BishopTexas Metro Correspondent One of the leading organizers of South African domestic workers has died. Myrtle Witbooi, who was also an ardent...

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 2, 2023

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Wilfred Carl Rosborough

January 4, 1951 - January 24, 2023

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 1, 2023

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”Harriet” and “Remember the Titans” writer dies

By Joseph Green-BishopMetro News Correspondent The first African American Hollywood screen writer to produce a script that resulted in a film that grossed more...

Texas Metro NewsFebruary 1, 2023