(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) — Aug. 4 marks former President Barack Obama’s 65th birthday. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1961, Obama rose from community organizing and the
“We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm wrote that in 1827, in the
CHICAGO (AURN News) — Chants of “Justice for Nolan Wells” echoed through the NAACP National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday as attorney Ben Crump released
(AURN News) — George E. Johnson, the pioneering entrepreneur who built a Black hair-care empire, has died at 99, according to The New York Times.
(AURN News) — The Obama Presidential Center opens to the public today on Chicago’s South Side. More than a decade in the making, the $850
(AURN News) — A dedication ceremony Thursday marks the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, a project nearly a decade in the making, according to
(AURN News) — On June 12, 1991, Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their first NBA championship. The Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers
(AURN News) — Former Chicago Bulls player and longtime broadcaster Stacey King has died at 59, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The cause of death
(AURN News) — On May 1, 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book “Annie Allen,” becoming the first Black American to
(AURN News) — Speakers at the homegoing service for civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson recalled the chants and phrases that defined his decades of
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — The nation begins its final farewell today to a titan of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.,
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