Tramell Tillman has made Emmy history, according to Variety. On Sunday night, the “Severance” star became the first Black man to win outstanding supporting actor
On Sept. 2, 1766, abolitionist and inventor James Forten was born in Philadelphia. Forten, a free Black man, became a sailmaker and developed a successful
On Aug. 25, 2001, the world lost singer and actress Aaliyah in a tragic plane crash in the Bahamas. Just 22 years old, Aaliyah had
On Aug. 22, 1989, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was shot and killed in West Oakland, California, at the
(AURN News) — Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee, the youngest and first African American to hold the post, is running for Texas’ 18th Congressional
Danielle Spencer, best known as Dee Thomas on the hit sitcom “What’s Happening!!,” died Aug. 11 at age 60 after a long battle with cancer.
(AURN News) — For many Black men, healing starts in places like the barbershop, the church basement or a trusted community circle — spaces where
(AURN News) — A new bill moving through the California Legislature would require every city and county in the state to update how they track
On July 30, 1944, New York made history by electing Adam Clayton Powell Jr. to Congress — the first Black man elected to Congress from
James Enos “Jim” Clyburn was born July 21, 1940, in Sumter, South Carolina, and today marks his 85th birthday. From his early days leading NAACP
William L. Clay Sr., Missouri’s first Black member of Congress and a fierce champion of civil rights and labor, died Wednesday at 94, according to
Five years ago today, we lost Congressman John Lewis — an icon of the civil rights movement and a moral compass in American politics. From
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