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(AURN News) — On Oct. 13, 1928, Lerone Bennett Jr. was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He would go on to become one…
(AURN News) — Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., delivered remarks on the Senate floor Oct. 7, the seventh day of the government shutdown,…
(AURN News) — Vermont is the safest state in America, according to a new WalletHub report that ranked all 50 states on…
(AURN News) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced that Colin Kaepernick’s “Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative” will fund a second…
The death of 21-year-old Demartravion “Trey” Reed — a Black student found hanging from a tree on Delta State University’s campus —…
On this day, Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi. The Black teenager…
Emmett Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941. He would have turned 84 years old today. A bright, fun-loving child,…
Renowned as one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar," alongside B.B. King and Freddie King, he is celebrated for his…
Former Mississippi Rankin County Sheriff’s Deputy Hunter Elward has been handed down a 20-year sentence for his part in a chilling ordeal…
Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on March 1, 1933, Myrlie Evers-Williams, the wife of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, dedicated herself…
Tuesday kicks off Election Day and there are several critical elections that will shape the political landscape. In Ohio, abortion rights activists…
In a major development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Jackson, Mississippi, is set to receive a whopping $115 million…