Delores honey sykes death
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The original glass-topped casket that held the battered body of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African American boy brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955, will be given to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The donation will be announced prior to a memorial service at the robert Temple Church of God in Christ, the site of the 1955 begravning, Friday, Aug. 28, the 54th anniversary of Till’s death.
A ung boy from Chicago, mot was killed by vit men during a visit to his great-uncle Moses Wright’s house in Money, Miss. While the precise details of Till’s actions remain unclear, he was perceived to have offended a vit woman, and thus crossed the racial boundaries of 1955 Mississippi. His mother, Mamie Till Mobley, had her son laid out in the glass-topped casket so the world could see “what they did to my boy.” He was buried in Burr Oak Cemetery in suburban Chicago. The body was exhumed for an autopsy in 2005 during another criminal investigation into his
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Eddie Robinson, Gospel Singer, Songwriter, and Keyboardist, Dies
Delores “Honey” Sykes informed TBGB that Eddie Robinson, singer, songwriter, and keyboardist, passed away in Detroit April 25, 2014. His home going service will take place in Detroit on Saturday, June 7.
Among Robinson’s many writing credits are the Duncanaires’ 1960s singles “Breathe On Me” and “One Step Closer;” Tessie Hill’s “He Keeps Doing Great Things for Me” (also recorded by LaShun Pace); “Don’t Forget To Remember (Where All Your Blessings Come From)” recorded by Rev. James Cleveland; and “Reflections of the Man Inside.”
Two years ago, TBGB reviewed Robinson’s 2002 CD Elephant Song. His 2010 album Back on Track, as by Eddie Robinson GM (Global Man), included guest artists such as Tessie Hill, Loretta Oliver, the John Eberhart Community Choir, and the Dynamic Soul Superiors.
We extend our sincerest
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Reverend Milton Brunson
When he founded the Thompson Community Singers in 1948, the Reverend Milton Brunson established what would become one of the nation’s first and most successful community choirs operating within the gospel music tradition.
Born June 28, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, Brunson organized the Thompson Community Singers, known colloquially as the “Tommies,” in the basement of St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church on the city’s West Side. The original 40-member choir consisted primarily of Brunson’s schoolmates at McKinley High School. The group initially sang spirituals and show tunes and later incorporated gospel songs into its repertory. Early accompanists were Delores Mercer Chandler and Robert Williams.
The Reverend Eugene Thompson, pastor of St. Stephen and the choir’s namesake, introduced the young group to churches throughout Chicago’s West and South Sides. Soon, the Tommies were a staple at the city’s gospel programs. They even traveled to Detroi