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Esteemed journalist and columnist dies at 69

Pioneering Black political and civil rights journalist George E. Curry, the reputed dean of Black press columnists because of his riveting weekly commentary in Black newspapers across the country, died suddenly of heart failure on Saturday, August 20. He was 69. Curry began his journalism career at Sports Illustrated, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and […]

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