(AURN News) — Leon Stapleton, Kansas City’s first African American grocer, has died at 100, according to WDAF-TV. Stapleton opened what became Leon’s Thriftway in
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A new White House Domestic Policy Council report accuses the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History of “extreme political activism.” The
(AURN News) — On June 14, 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper became the first African American to graduate from West Point. Born enslaved in Georgia in
(AURN News) — Today, May 25, 2026, marks six years since George Floyd was killed. H3 was 46 years old. On May 25, 2020, former
(AURN News) — On April 7, 1915, legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday was born. Known as Lady Day, she rose from a childhood marked by
(AURN News) — A United Nations anti-racism committee is warning that racist rhetoric from U.S. political leaders, including President Donald Trump, is helping drive human
(AURN News) — On this day, Feb. 5, 1934, baseball legend Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama. Widely regarded as one of the greatest
(AURN News) — South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace is pushing a bill that would remove the name Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House
(AURN News) — George Hardy, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen who flew combat missions in three wars, has died at his home in
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump another win in his second term, cracking down on immigration. This time, the Court gave a
On Sept. 1, 1867, Robert Tanner Freeman became the first Black graduate of Harvard Dental School, making history as one of the first professionally trained
On this day, Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi. The Black teenager was accused by
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