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Willie Brown, Jr. Is Not Dead Voice and Viewpoint

Staff California Black Media Former California Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Jr., is not dead. On the June 28 broadcast of the 2020 BET Awards, the network included Brown’s image and name in a video montage of famous African Americans who have died within the last year. The tribute included Diahann []

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