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SLIDESHOW: The Homegoing of Bernal E. Smith II (Updated)

by Lee Eric Smith10/30/201710/30/2017

Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity served as active pallbearers for Bernal E. Smith II. (Photo by Gary S Whitlow)

Even as we mourned, the TSD got ample coverage of the homegoing of our late publisher, Bernal E. Smith II. Special thanks to Tyrone P. Easley, Warren Roseborough and Gary S. Whitlow for capturing the event.

Pallbearers load Smith’s casket for transportation to the entombment. (Photo: Warren Roseborough)

Publishers from the Black Press throughout America came to Memphis to pay respects to Smith (Photo: Gary S. Whitlow)

Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the Chicago Crusader, shared fond words for fellow publisher Bernal E. Smith II (Photo: Warren Roseborough)

Family members learned of many proclamations and resolutions in honor of Smith. (Photo by Gary S. Whitlow)

Ekpe Aioto provides a beat before the motorcade to Smith’s entombment. (Photo: Warren Roseborough)

TSD Associate Publisher/Executive Editor Karanja Ajanaku noted that he never used his employer’s first name. “He was always Mr. Smith. He deserved that respect, and I gave it to him,” Ajanaku said. (Photo: Gary S. Whitlow)

Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity served as active pallbearers for Bernal E. Smith II. (Photo by Gary S Whitlow)

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