(AURN News) — Twelve years ago today, “How to Get Away with Murder” premiered on ABC, introducing viewers to Viola Davis as the brilliant, complicated
(AURN News) — Michael Jordan is backing a new multimedia center at Morehouse College designed to prepare students for careers in journalism and digital media,
(AURN News) — On Sept. 23, 1955, an all-white jury in Mississippi acquitted Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam of murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till. Till, a
(AURN News) — On Sept. 22, 1906, 120 years ago today, the Atlanta Race Massacre began. Atlanta newspapers published sensational, unverified and in some cases
(AURN News) — Leon Stapleton, Kansas City’s first African American grocer, has died at 100, according to WDAF-TV. Stapleton opened what became Leon’s Thriftway in
(AURN News) — On Oct. 5, 1872, James Henry Conyers made history as the first Black midshipman to enter the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis,
(AURN News) — Rosalind Ashford, an original member of Martha and the Vandellas, has died at 83, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Detroit native
(AURN News) — On Sept. 16, 1925, legendary blues musician Riley “B.B.” King was born on a cotton plantation near Itta Bena, Mississippi. Known as
(AURN News) — Legendary costume and fashion designer Bob Mackie has died at 87, according to The New York Times. For more than half a
(AURN News) — James L. “Mr. V” Virgil, a well-known Atlanta entrepreneur and nightlife pioneer, died Sept. 7, 2026, at age 85, according to 11Alive
(AURN News) — On this day 25 years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks devastated the United States. On Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked planes struck
(AURN News) — On Sept. 10, 1968, Antonio Hardy, better known as Big Daddy Kane, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Today, he turns 58
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