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Happy New Year from Milwaukee's Only “Blue Chip” Community Newspaper
Weekly Newspaper
“Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always”
Vol. 34 No. 1 • Thurs., Jan. 1, 2015 - Wed., Jan. 7, 2015 • An NCON Publication Serving The Milwaukee Area • 65¢
Hail and Farewell…
Ruby Dee, Actress & Activist
Marion Barry, D.C. Politician
Maya Angelou, Poet
Juanita Moore, Actress
Meshach Taylor, Actor Bobby Womack, Soul Singer & Song Writer
Tony Gwynn, Baseball Player
Comer Cottrell, Entrepreneur Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Boxer & Activist
Alice Coachman Davis, First African American Woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Jimmy Ruffin, Motown Singer Henry 'Big Bank Hank' Jackson, Rapper
Amiri Baraka, Poet & Playwright Wayne Pharr, Civil Rights Activist Geoffrey Holder, Actor & Broadway Director
For more about the accomplishments of these talented individuals that we have lost this year, turn to page 2.