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The family of Sekou Smith hope his life and story can be an inspiration to others as the late NBA journalist was honored by Grand Rapids.

In a tribute to Sekou Smith, the NBA writer who passed in 2021, Grand Rapids is renaming part of the street he grew up on.

Marcus Little has been appointed director of the Literacy Center of West Michigan’s Customized Workplace English program where he will be responsible for developing English language education service partnerships between the Literacy Center and businesses throughout West Michigan.

GRAAHI appoints 17-member advisory council Courtesy GRAAHI The Grand Rapids African American Health Institute is now aided by a consultative council intent on growing the nonprofit organization in fighting racial and ethnic health care disparities in West Michigan. CEO Vanessa Greene formed a group of 17 people to GRAAHI’s newly formed advisory council. The diverse group is drawn from all sectors to tackle deeply rooted issues in the local Black and Latinx communities to achieve healthier outcomes, she said. The advisory council is chaired by Ken James, director of inclusion for the Grand R...

Sekou Smith, award-winning NBA reporter and analyst, dies at 48 By Gillian R. Brassil New York Times,Updated January 29, 2021, 6:31 p.m. Email to a Friend Sekou Smith covered professional basketball for more than two decades. He died of COVID-19 complications on Jan. 26TURNER SPORTS/NYT For much of his journalism career, you would never see Sekou Smith in a sport coat. Not at the NBA games he covered, not in the newsroom. “Wearing a tie? No, never happened. Wearing a suit? Oh, you can forget about it,” said Arthur Triche, who used to work in public relations for the Atlanta Hawks an...