Helen Burns Jackson, mother of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, has died. She was 92.

Free Press staff, wire reports MONTGOMERY, Ala. Amelia Boynton Robinson helped change America. The first African-American woman to run for Congress served on the front lines during the Civil Rights Movement. Almost beaten to death in a march for voting …

Kyle Jean-Baptiste appeared to be headed to acting stardom. This summer, the talented 21-year-old became the first African-American and the youngest performer to play Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables” on Broadway.

Darryl Dawkins was a mountain of a man with a persona to match. To the delight of fans and the media, he shattered backboards, gave poetic names to his power dunks, sparked the invention of the breakaway rim and made …

David Junior “Big Daddy” Cooper had multiple careers in Richmond — from concert promoter to private investigator to truck driver and concrete layer. His multifaceted life is being remembered following his death Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, at a Richmond hospital. …

Louis Stokes served 15 consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during which he investigated the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

Through the relentless struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, Julian Bond always kept his sense of humor. His steady demeanor helped him persist despite the inevitable difficulties involved, his wife recalled. Mr. Bond “never took his eyes off the prize …

Rogers C. Wright loved to sing, play the guitar and harmonica and perform in front of audiences. That’s why he and his singing wife, Alcie Taylor, formed the Jubilee Duet gospel group after they were married in 1941. As the …

Cleo Hill Sr., one of the CIAA’s all-time basketball greats, has died. He was 77. Following a lengthy illness, Mr. Hill died Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, at his home in Orange, N.J.

James Edward Winston was a welcoming presence in Richmond for decades as a promoter, entertainer and doorman. As a promoter from the late 1950s through the 1980s, Mr. Winston brought top acts to Richmond, such as Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, …

Paul Douglas Freeman left segregated Richmond in 1953 to pursue his musical dreams. Now in his death more than six decades later, the trailblazer is recognized as one of the world’s preeminent conductors. During his career, the amazing maestro with …

Wallace Dooley Jr., who served as sports information director at Virginia State University and a number of historically black colleges, died Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at a hospice in Nashville, Tenn.

Dr. George Cooper, who served as the 10th president of South Carolina State University from 2008 to 2012, died Sunday, July 19, 2015.

An initial autopsy on Bobbi Kristina Brown on Monday found no significant injuries and no obvious underlying cause of death for the daughter of the late entertainer Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown.

Richmond native Mildred Elizabeth Fountain Weekes was a renaissance woman.