[2] Luix Overbea was a native of Chicago; and received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in journalism from Northwestern University.
[2] He moved to North Carolina to work for the Winston-Salem Journal from 1955 to 1968, where he was the only Black reporter.
"[2] Overbea's funeral took place on July 16,[8] and he was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston.
[9][2] He was noted for his sense of humor,[3] and for being "free of bitterness" from the discrimination faced early in his career.
[2][8] His poem "Hometown" was engraved on a monument at the Roxbury Crossing Boston Orange line train stop.