This is the grave of Pervis Jackson. Born in 1938 in New Orleans, Pervis Jackson grew up in Detroit. His family had followed the Great Migration north to better jobs and less overt racism. They at least found the first in Detroit, if not the...
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This is the grave of David Ruffin. Born in 1941 in the amazingly named Whynot, Mississippi, Ruffin grew up the son of a minister and a lumber truck driver. That's.
This is the grave of Johnny Otis. Born in Vallejo, California in 1921, Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes grew up in a Greek immigrant household. His father owned a grocery store and.
This is the grave of Teddy Pendergrass. Born in Kingstree, South Carolina in 1950, Pendergrass grew up with a single mother. It's kind of a sad story, the way it is told. His parents had tried forever to have a child but miscarriage after miscarriage...