Ebony on the scene

Remembering A Legend: The Rebirth Jazz Band leads a parade at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival that honored late 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley, who was a frequent attendee at the festival.

1. In Centreville, Va., Celeste Peterson is greeted at Mt. Olive Baptist Church before funeral services for her daughter, Erin Nicole Peterson, who was killed during the shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech University. 2. In New York City, Fantasia Barrino, one of the main characters in the Broadway show, The Color Purple, poses with Gayle King at a party following a show. 3. Alicia Keys is joined by members of the Agape Orphanage in South Africa during the We Are Together premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. 4.At South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) shares a laugh with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) prior to the Democratic presidential primary debate.

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