By Anika Myers Palm, CNN Photo: Iconic Actress Cicely Tyson, Cicely Tyson Attends The Princess Grace Awards Gala 2013 (CNN) —- Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtime manager Larry Thompson confirmed to CNN.She […]
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New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
by Deepti Hajela, Associated Press Photo: FRANKIE ZITHS / AP FILE NEW YORK — David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a riot in Brooklyn, has […]