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The Alexander Funeral Home is the oldest African American owned business in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Alexander Funeral Home was founded by Zechariah Alexander in 1914 when Alexander bought half of Coles and Smith Undertakes. In 1927 Alexander purchased the remaining part of the business and changed the name to the Alexander Funeral Home.
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In 1965 Alexander's home was one of four homes bombed by someone trying to stifle the civil rights movement in Charlotte. Alexander's brother Frederick Alexander's home was hit along with civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers and activist Reginald Hawkins. No one was injured from the explosion.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and Saturday TODAY co-anchor Peter Alexander wears many hats, but he is first and foremost a family man. "There's nothing I had been looking forward to ...
Saturday TODAY co-anchor Peter Alexander has just made 20 years at NBC News. In honor of his big anniversary, Alexander’s co-hosts shared a video on TODAY on Aug. 17 that paid homage to the Emmy ...