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Single and without known relatives, he befriended A. Z. Hamock, an African American who owned the city's only funeral home for blacks in the segregated city. In May 1928, Atkins went fishing and fell with his line into the Ohio River, where he drowned. The city transferred his body to Hamock's Funeral Home for a pauper's burial.
A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927. Ross, Felecia G. Jones (1996). "Democracy's Textbook: A History of the Black Press in Ohio, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313255793.
Oak Hill Cemetery is a place of burial located in Youngstown, Ohio. It is a garden style cemetery (also known as a Rural cemetery ) featuring memorials to multiple notable figures. The cemetery was formed after the Mahoning Valley Cemetery Association purchased the land in 1853 [ 1 ] from Dr. Henry Manning, a local physician [ 2 ] who is ...
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By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Ohio police released video of a Black man who died at a local hospital after repeatedly telling officers "I can't breathe" as they pinned him to the floor of a bar ...
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, White died on September 20, 2019, at the age of 65, in Youngstown, Ohio. [12] "Cheryl was never a great self-promoter, and wasn't concerned with the politics of racing,” her brother, Raymond White Jr., said in a press release announcing her death. "She just did her thing. She didn't understand what she had accomplished.
The Smith family continued the mortuary business in the 1940s and a family named Collins bought it in the 1980s and renamed it Smith Collins funeral home until 2015. The Holliday House was a ...
Name Style Notes Cherry Monroe: Alternative / glam: Debut single "Satellites" reached #85 on Billboard Hot 100 in 2005; from Youngstown : Gil Mantera's Party Dream: Synth pop: Known for their spectacular live shows and as part of the Van's Warped Tour; both Ultimate Donny and Gil Mantera were born and raised in Youngstown