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South Bend Officer Will Not Be Charged in Shooting Death of Black Resident

The fatal shooting highlighted a strained relationship between former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and black residents in the Indiana town.

Lerone Bennett Jr., Historian of Black America, Dies at 89

Mr. Bennett, the author of “Before the Mayflower” and other books, was also a top editor at Ebony magazine for decades.

Roy Bennett, White Zimbabwean With Black Political Base, Dies in U.S. Helicopter Crash

Mr. Bennett, 60, was a coffee grower whose farm was seized as part of the land redistribution program of Robert G. Mugabe. He was a formidable leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party.

William B. Branch, Playwright of the Black Experience, Dies at 92

An ill-treated war veteran, Frederick Douglass, colonial oppression: Mr. Branch’s Off Broadway work on race ranged widely. He also made a mark in TV.

Jocelyn Cooper Dies at 86; Helped Pave Way for First Black Congresswoman

Ms. Cooper and her husband, Andrew Cooper, sued in the early 1960s to challenge racially gerrymandered congressional district lines, which were redrawn under court order.

Mario Cooper, Nexus Between AIDS Activists and Black Leaders, Dies at 61

Mr. Cooper was a former Democratic political operative who pressed civil rights groups to confront H.I.V.’s effect.

MAJOR FIGURE IN BLACK DRAMA

Owen Dodson, a poet, novelist, playwright and teacher whose 20 years as a professor of drama at Howard University influenced the course of African-American drama, died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 68 years old and lived on Manhattan's West Side. Mr. Dodson wrote the novels ''Come Home Early, Child,'' (Popular Library) and ''Boy at the Window'' (Farrar, Straus & Young) and a book of poetry, ''Powerful Long Ladder.'' His plays, ''Divine Comedy,'' ''Garden of Time,'' and ''Bayou Legend, ...

Paul Gibson Jr., New York City’s First Black Deputy Mayor, Is Dead at 86

Mr. Gibson, a lawyer and vice president of American Airlines, was the deputy mayor for planning under Mayor Abraham D. Beame.

Pumpsie Green, First Black Player for Boston Red Sox, Dies at 85

Green, who played mostly at second base and shortstop, broke the color barrier for the last major league franchise that had remained all white.

Elbert Howard, a Founder of the Black Panthers, Dies at 80

Mr. Howard often acted as spokesman for the party during incendiary events. But he was also adept at organizing community programs.