Rock Hill Mourns Dub Massey, Friendship Nine Civil Rights Figure
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Willie T. Massey, known to friends as Dub, a member of the Friendship Nine whose 1961 jail stint over a segregated lunch counter drew the nation’s eyes to Rock Hill, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, his family said. Massey was one of nine young Black men, students at Friendship Junior College, who
Patrick Stewart, Picard of Star Trek and Professor X, Dies
LOS ANGELES — Patrick Stewart, the Yorkshire-born stage veteran who became one of television’s most admired starship captains and later led the X-Men as Professor Charles Xavier, has died. He was 86. His longtime spokesperson announced Thursday that Stewart died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles with his wife at his side. The statement said