Best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey, whose roots began in and extended from Memphis, died in Los Angeles on Sunday (Jan. 3) after battling a long illness. He was 59.
Dickey’s death was confirmed by The New Tri-State Defender on Tuesday...
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You had every intention to stand still that night.
Nice try. Your shoulders were shimmying ten seconds after you stepped to a beat, left foot, right foot, through a wall of thump that came from speakers taller...
by Terri Schlichenmeyer --
Your birthday card had a Black History postage stamp on it.
As always, it was from Grandma and though it's kind of corny, you look forward to it ever year: a blue or red envelope outside, a...