Emmett Till's glass-topped coffin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture stands as a reminder of his mother's courage and the fight to preserve his story.

Krystle Johnson said her family planned to hold an open-casket funeral after her mother-in-law died July 31 at a hospice facility. But after making arrangements with McDermott’s Funeral Home and ...

Fischele Mixon’s son, Jamell Johnson, will remember her as a wonderful person. “She was a family person, kind,” said Johnson. “She took care of a lot of kids.” When Mixon, 60, died on July 31 from ...

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Frank Ruffin Sr., a beloved pastor and musician, recently passed away and the family gathered at the Carver Memorial Cemetery to lay him to rest. However, it was there they were met with something ...

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