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(AURN News) — On Oct. 12, 1908, pioneering novelist and journalist Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Before becoming a…
(AURN News) — R&B singer Freddie Jackson, best known for the 1985 hit “You Are My Lady,” died Monday night at 70,…
(AURN News) — On July 28, 1917, thousands of Black Americans marched silently through Harlem to protest racial terror, lynching and the…
(AURN News) — On April 27, 1968, Dr. Vincent Porter achieved board certification in plastic surgery, becoming the first Black physician to…
(AURN News) — On April 7, 1915, legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday was born. Known as Lady Day, she rose from a…
On this day, March 19, 1897, Loretta Mary Aiken, better known as comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was born in North Carolina. Beginning…
Kiki Shepard, the longtime co-host of “Showtime at the Apollo,” has died at age 74, according to USA Today. Shepard passed away…
(AURN News) — On this day in 1934, a 17-year-old Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage at Amateur Night at the Apollo…
On July 30, 1944, New York made history by electing Adam Clayton Powell Jr. to Congress — the first Black man elected…
A war hero, a legislative giant, and a Harlem son, Congressman Charles Rangel has died at 94. From the front lines of…
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, a gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died Monday at 94, according…
On this day in 1959, “A Raisin in the Sun” debuted on Broadway, making history as the first play produced by a…