AL LeBOEUF, the 65-year-old rookie hitting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, on the effects of a rare type of blood cancer that had been discovered around 2012. It had developed from ...

As the tensions escalated, the race hustler Al Sharpton organized protests at the scene, portraying Jews as nefarious "diamond dealers" responsible for the global exploitation of blacks.

The Associated Press live streamed the event on YouTube, including the eulogies and remarks delivered by Phylicia Rashad, Reverend Al Sharpton, Dionne Warwick, India Arie, Alicia Keys and others.

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Stevie Wonder and Rev. Al Sharpton were among the speakers and performers Monday at Grammy-winning soul singer Roberta Flack’s public memorial service in Manhattan. Flack, who died last month at ...

Per NewsOne, Ms. Lauryn Hill wowed attendees with a soul-stirring rendition of Flack’s timeless cover “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face,” a track that was released by the soul and R&B diva in 1969.

A public memorial service bursting with choral music and the Berklee College of Music’s Nebulous String Quartet, with Stevie Wonder and the Rev Al Sharpton also on the bill, celebrated the life ...

(AP Photo/Richard Drew) Al Sharpton speaks during a ceremony in celebration of Roberta Flack’s life at The Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday, March 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ...

A public memorial service bursting with choral music and the Berklee College of Music's Nebulous String Quartet, with Stevie Wonder and the Rev. Al Sharpton also on the bill, celebrated the life ...

Wonder followed the set and the Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy. Flack "put a soundtrack to Black dignity,” Sharpton said. As many said in their tributes, Flack's musical genius stemmed from ...