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01-24-2025 4:14 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon (Photo: NNPA)
Known for quietly breaking barriers during her remarkable military career, Leftenant-Colon enjoyed a legacy of resilience, excellence, and service.
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Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn (AP Photo, File)
The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building a reputation as a global humanitarian and champion of democracy.
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Time Warner CEO Richard D. Parsons (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
Richard Parsons, one of corporate America’s most prominent Black executives, stepped down Dec. 3 from the boards of Lazard and Lauder’s company, Estée Lauder, citing health reasons. He had been on Estée Lauder’s board for 25 years.
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Nikki Giovanni (Photo: NNPA)
Giovanni rose to prominence during the 1960s as a fierce voice in the Black Arts Movement, alongside literary giants such as Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde, Ntozake Shange, and Sonia Sanchez.
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(Jack Mitchell/Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation and Smithsonian Institution via AP)
There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey’s piercing solo about Black womanhood.
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Legendary musician Quincy Jones poses amongst his many Grammy awards at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, April 9, 2004. Quincy Jones died at age 91. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Jones' historic career ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s record-setting “Thriller” to prize-winning film and television scores and collaborations with Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles. Jones rose from music school dropout to the very heights of show business, becoming one of the first Black executives to thrive in Hollywood.
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Thelma Mothershed (AP Photo, File)
For three weeks, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used the National Guard to block the Black students, known as the Little Rock Nine, from enrolling in Central High School. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort them into school on Sept. 25, 1957.
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Dikembe Mutombo (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Mutombo’s impact reached far beyond basketball. After retiring from the game, he dedicated himself to humanitarian work, particularly in his home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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John Amos (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)
Amos was Emmy nominated for playing the adult Kunta Kinte, the centerpiece of “Roots,” based on Alex Haley’s novel set during and after the era of slavery in the U.S.
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William "Bill" Lucy, November 26, 1933 - September 25, 2024
Lucy was a heavyweight of the American labor movement and a fierce defender of civil and human rights. He marched shoulder to shoulder with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., co-founded the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and the Free South Africa Movement.
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