Tag: Obituary

(AURN News) — Civil rights pioneer Brenda Travis has died at 81, according to Mississippi Today, leaving behind a legacy that began…

(AURN News) — Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank has died at 86, according to The New York Times. Elected to Congress in…

(AURN News) — Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in NBA history, died at 47 after battling brain cancer, according to…

(AURN News) — Gerald Talbot, a civil rights trailblazer and the first Black person elected to the Maine Legislature, died May 9…

(AURN News) — Ronald Smothers, a veteran journalist who spent 35 years at The New York Times covering protest, politics and racial…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AURN News) — A journalism pioneer has died. Jill Darden, founder of Fort Worth Black News, has passed away.…

(AURN News) — The flags at the White House flew at half-staff Wednesday. It was a final salute to a man who…

(AURN News) — Rep. David Scott, a longtime Georgia congressman, has died at age 80 after more than two decades representing the…

(AURN News) — According to the BBC, South African actress and former beauty queen Cynthia Shange has died at the age of…

(AURN News) — Pioneering radio broadcaster and activist Bob Law has died at 86, Newsday reported. The Brooklyn native built a decades-long…

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) — Speakers at the homegoing service for civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson recalled the chants and phrases that defined…