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(AURN News) — On Oct. 13, 1914, Garrett Morgan, a pioneering Black American inventor, received a U.S. patent for his safety hood,…
(AURN News) — On Oct. 12, 1908, pioneering novelist and journalist Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Before becoming a…
(AURN News) — On Oct. 2, 1800, Nat Turner was born in Southampton County, Virginia. Enslaved from birth, Turner became a preacher…
(AURN News) — The National Museum of African American History and Culture marked its 10th anniversary this month. The Smithsonian museum celebrated…
(AURN News) — Twelve years ago today, “How to Get Away with Murder” premiered on ABC, introducing viewers to Viola Davis as…
(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…
(AURN News) — On Sept. 22, 1906, 120 years ago today, the Atlanta Race Massacre began. Atlanta newspapers published sensational, unverified and…
(AURN News) — On Oct. 5, 1872, James Henry Conyers made history as the first Black midshipman to enter the U.S. Naval…
(AURN News) — On Sept. 16, 1925, legendary blues musician Riley “B.B.” King was born on a cotton plantation near Itta Bena,…
(AURN News) — On this day 25 years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks devastated the United States. On Sept. 11, 2001,…
(AURN News) — On Sept. 10, 1968, Antonio Hardy, better known as Big Daddy Kane, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Today,…
(AURN News) — On Sept. 9, 1739, the Stono Rebellion began near the Stono River in South Carolina. Led by an enslaved…