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Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:13:01 +0000

She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.

Phil Upchurch, Jazz Guitarist and Sideman to Stars, Dies at 84

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:03:32 +0000

A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

Arthur L. Carter, 93, Dies; Investment Banker Founded a Cheeky Newspaper

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:58:07 +0000

After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.”