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“We’re getting behind her, not just because she’ll be the first African American woman or first woman to be president in the United States, but she’s the best candidate to be president of the United States, and she can lead, and she’ll lead with authority and strength and with intelligence and integrity,” said Shawna Watley, the co-host of the First Ladies of Faith United for Kamala Harris National Organizing Call, in a Monday interview. “And she’s a woman of faith, which is important to many of us.”
Hettie Jones, a celebrated poet, publisher, and children’s book author, has passed away at the age of 90. Jones was not only a talented writer but also a dedicated educator and the former wife of the esteemed author and activist Amiri Baraka. Her work earned her numerous awards, and she will be remembered as a trailblazing figure in the literary world. As the first wife and early muse of Amiri Baraka, Jones played a significant role in his life and work, leaving behind a lasting legacy.
The Range Funeral Home was established in 1953 in Liberty City by Oscar L. and M. Athalie Range, one of Miami’s most prominent African American families, and expanded into Coconut Grove in partnership with the Bain family. Patrick Range, Athalie’s grandson, told Coconut Grove Spotlight that the funeral home closed after it fell into the hands of “development-minded” owners and deteriorated. The business is still running, just without a building of its own, he said.
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Warnock was among several voices that intertwined faith, Black church traditions and politics before a national audience at the DNC. The speakers offered faith as a rationale to make Vice President Kamala Harris the next president — itself a mission to save the soul of the country.
Well-regarded jazz guitarist Russell Malone passed away on Friday, August 23. According to those who knew him well, Malone, 60, was born in Albany, Georgia, but lived in Atlanta for over a decade.
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The Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles (SBCLA) has posted a notice of pulpit vacancy for a Senior Pastor to lead their traditional African American congregation into the next phase of the 21st century. Founded in 1885, SBCLA has enjoyed an uninterrupted presence in the Los Angeles community for 139 years. For the past 37 years, the church has been under the leadership of the Reverend Doctor William Saxe Epps and First Lady Agretta Epps.
Wallace “Wally” Amos, the entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos cookies who later became a children’s literary advocate, died on Tuesday at the age of 88, his family said.