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       After returning to Fort Lauderdale, she and her sisters attended the Old Dillard School. She loved playing basketball and singing with the Chorus.  In 1955, history was made by her performance to sing on the PBS Channel accompanied by her chorus teacher Mrs. Rhoda Snead. Because of her academics acumen – Class of 1955 – she was chosen as Salutatorian.

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The family of Atatiana Jefferson, an African American mother from Fort Worth, Texas, who was shot and killed by a police officer in October 2019, has reached a proposed $11.25 million settlement with the city. The agreement comes nearly six years after her death.

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     Mable John, the first woman signed to Berry Gordy’s Tamla Records label and a former Raelett with Ray Charles, passed away on August 25, 2022, at her home in the Los Angeles area. She was 91 years old. In the late 1960s, John also recorded southern soul classics such as her 1966 million-seller, “Your Good Thing (Is About to End)” for Stax Records. She also co-starred as Bertha Mae in Oscar nominated director John Sayle’s 2007 film, “The Honey Dripper”, which also starred Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, and Stacy Keach.

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