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Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell eulogizes 'The People's Doctor,’ Roland Purcell, at massive funeral service at the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church on Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Grenada

PM Mitchell honors Dr. Roland Purcell at packed funeral

By Nelson A. King

Moderator Jose Richards (left) presents plaque to Bob Law.

People

Bob ‘The Tall One’ transitions to the ancestral realm

By Vinette K. Pryce

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Jamaica

Jamaican PM to receive AFUWI Legacy Award

By Nelson A. King

Dr. Roland Purcell and Cheryl Vincent, honorees at the St. John's Educators Scholarship Fund Annual Mothers Day Luncheon in 2016.

Grenada

‘People’s Doctor’ Dr. Roland Purcell remembered by Grenadians

By Nelson A. King

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (center) with honorees.

People

Ten years strong: Bichotte Hermelyn honors eight Women of Distinction

By Nelson A. King

Crystal Hudson.

People

Women’s History is still being written: Hudson

By Nelson A. King

FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks at a rally calling for an end to predatory lending practices and home foreclosures held outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 10, 2007.

People

‘Somebody’ wants to ‘keep hope alive’

By Vinette K. Pryce

FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks at a rally calling for an end to predatory lending practices and home foreclosures held outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 10, 2007.

People

Caribbean community, pols pay tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson

By Nelson A. King

Walter T. Mosely, Lenny Singletary and Mae Thomas.

People

Brooklyn civic leader Mae Thomas, 108, remembered as Bed-Stuy mainstay

By Nelson A. King

The late Sybil Teresa Smith, 98, left, with loving son Roger Gary during one of their many outings in Brooklyn. She was laid to rest on Jan.28, after passing away on Jan. 21, 2026.

Guyana

Designer Roger Gary mourns mother Sybil Teresa Smith, 98

By Tangerine Clarke

Dr. Gladys Brown West, a Global Positioning System pioneer.

People

Sunshine Awards pays tribute to GPS pioneer Dr. Gladys Brown West

By Nelson A. King

Stephen "Cat" Coore.

Music

Honoring Cat Coore

By Nelson A. King

People

Tommy, publisher of the city’s only daily Black newspaper, passes at 88

By Vinette K. Pryce

Founder and chairman of the Teaneck, NJ-based Sunshine Awards, Gilman “Gil” T. Figaro, Sr.

Trinidad & Tobago

UTT names Sunshine Awards founder Honorary Distinguished Fellow

By Nelson A. King

Kat Files.

People

WAM Coalition Awards set for this Saturday

By Nelson A. King

Guyanese-born US military veteran Shellone Grant has been a Zumba dance instructor for 12 years.

Guyana

Kindness in motion: Healing through dance

By Milette Millington

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