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Black Man Died of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him

Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder.

James Jackson, Who Changed the Study of Black America, Dies at 76

Rather than focus on interracial comparisons, his National Survey of Black Americans explored the complexities within the Black population.

Jacob Bekenstein, Physicist Who Revolutionized Theory of Black Holes, Dies at 68

Dr. Bekenstein, whose proposition on entropy and space eventually won over a skeptical Stephen Hawking, was considered one of the few giants in the study of quantum gravity.

Julius Lester, Chronicler of Black America, Is Dead at 78

A captivating and often polarizing writer, Mr. Lester traveled through a labyrinth of religious and ethnic identities, including a conversion to Judaism.

Vivian Malone Jones, 63, Dies; First Black Graduate of University of Alabama

Vivian Malone Jones, who on June day in 1963 became one of two black students to enroll at University of Alabama after first being barred at door by defiant governor, George C Wallace, dies at age 63; photo (M)

Paule Marshall, Influential Black Novelist, Dies at 90

A child of Barbadian immigrants, Ms. Marshall drew on her upbringing to animate the lives of her characters, many of them strong women.

Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88

Ms. Morrison, who wrote “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon,” was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel in literature.

Edward J. Perkins, 92, Dies; First Black U.S. Envoy to South Africa

He also held ambassadorial postings in Liberia and Australia and, as director general, helped diversify the elite, mostly white Foreign Service.

Frank E. Petersen, First Black General in Marines, Dies at 83

He overcame bruising racial indignities to forge a long and distinguished career in the military, retiring as a three-star lieutenant general.

BLACK HEAD COACH IN N.F.L.

Fritz Pollard, the only black head coach of a National Football League team and a member of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame for college players, died May 11 in Silver Spring, Md., after a short illness. He was 92 years old. Frederick Douglass Pollard, who was named to Walter Camp's all-America team while at Brown University in 1916, was a contemporary of the Chicago Bears' founder, George Halas, as well as a professional teammate of Paul Robeson, the former actor and singer.