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Salazar was killed by deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department while covering the Chicano Moratorium protest in East Los Angeles. The park where the protest took place was later renamed Salazar Park in his honor. [55] [56] June 2, 1976: Don Bolles: Arizona Republic: Phoenix, Arizona: Murdered by a car bomb.
One eyewitness statement given the night of the shooting describes "a black male, wearing a dark colored 'hoodie' on top of a white or Hispanic male who was yelling for help." The witness said that the black male was throwing punches "MMA [mixed martial arts] style". After hearing a "pop", he saw the black male "laid out on the grass".
On June 13, 2020, two community activists local to the Tallahassee area, 19-year old Oluwatoyin Salau and 75-year old Victoria Sims, were found murdered in Tallahassee, Florida. The suspect, Aaron Glee Jr., who was 49 at the time of the murders, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and felony murder among other charges.
Carmel Cafiero, a veteran South Florida investigative reporter, mentor, and pioneer for women in journalism, died Friday, her daughter said. She was 76. The former Plantation resident joined WSVN ...
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, black rights activist, women's rights activist, organizer [17] – February 20, 1895 [18] W. E. B. Du Bois , activist, writer, founder of NAACP E
That sort of revolutionary spirit will be missed with the passing of George A. Simpson, who died Feb. 20 at the age of 98. Florida’s first Black, board-certified general surgeon and a former ...
Radio host Joe Madison has died at age 74. Above, he is seen during a July 2018 panel at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
Beginning at the age of 14 in 1968, Abu-Jamal became involved with the Black Panther Party and was a member until October 1970, leaving the party at age 16. After leaving, he completed his high school education, and later became a radio reporter. He eventually served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (1978–1980).