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Tony Dungy, 1st African-American Head Coach to Win a Super Bowl, Pays Homage to Those Before Him
On Saturday night, Tony Dungy, the first African-American head coach to win an NFL championship, gave a rousing Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech, acknowledging that he didn’t get there on his own, and paying homage to 10 other coaches who came before him and made his path possible, ESPN reports. “Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Earnel Durden, Bob…
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Inez Y. Kaiser, 1st Black Woman to Own National Public Relations Firm, Dies at 98
Today, black-women-owned public relations firms are plentiful. But in the late 1950s, there was only one—the first one. Inez Yeargan Kaiser, the 98-year-old pioneer who was the first black woman in the U.S. to own a P.R. firm, has died. She was 98 years old. Kaiser, who began her business in public relations after teaching…
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Longtime Friends Start Mobile Shower Facility for the Homeless in Fla.
Chris Bentley and Carlos Miller, two African-American men who have been friends since middle school, have started an innovative way to help the homeless of Palm Beach County, Fla. The two started a nonprofit—Live FRESH (Feeling Revitalized Encourages Sustainable Happiness)—and have launched a mobile shower facility, an air-conditioned trailer equipped with six private shower/changing-area rooms,…
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Man Who Beat Up Dylann Roof Is Out on Bond
More than 18 months after his arrest, the man who assaulted Dylann Roof is out on bond—less than 48 hours after an online donation fund was set up in his name. According to court records, 26-year-old Dwayne Stafford, who was jailed on charges of strong armed robbery, assault and lying to police, was released Friday…
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Prince’s Paisley Park May Be Sold to Highest Bidder
The place that is most intimately associated with late pop genius Prince may be on the bidding block. The New York Daily News reports that the the 60,000-square-foot Minnesota estate where the singer was found dead of a drug overdose in April is ready to be sold by his bank, along with his other properties,…
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Ga. Father Charged in ‘Hot Car’ Death of Twins
Because police believe that a Carrollton, Ga., man was drunk when he left his 15-month-old twin girls in a hot car on Thursday, they are charging him in their deaths. Asa North, 24, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct for leaving his children unattended in a car, WSB-TV reports. Weather.com notes that…
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South Jersey Man’s Wife, Girlfriend Place Competing Obituaries in Same Paper
Talk about a hot mess. Or maybe it’s an understanding. After 55-year-old Leroy Black passed away from lung cancer on Tuesday, two different women placed obituaries of him in the same newspaper. One posting was by his “loving wife Bearetta Harrison Black” who called him “Bill.” His “longtime girlfriend Princess Hall”’s obit referred to Black…
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Chicago Police Officers Allegedly Caught High-Fiving After 'Execution' of Paul O'Neal
Chicago police officers were caught double-checking to make sure their body cameras were off and reportedly giving each other “high-fives” after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal in video released Friday by Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority, reports CBS Chicago’s Charlie De Mar. As previously reported by The Root, O’Neal was shot and killed by…