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(AURN News) — Dr. Richard E. Holmes, the first Black student to enroll at Mississippi State University, died Oct. 16 at age…
(AURN News) — Pioneering BET personality and radio host Angela Stribling has died at 58, PEOPLE reported. Journalist Ed Gordon, who worked…
(AURN News) — James L. “Mr. V” Virgil, a well-known Atlanta entrepreneur and nightlife pioneer, died Sept. 7, 2026, at age 85,…
(AURN News) — Country music legend Dolly Parton died Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 80. Her team said she had been facing a…
(AURN News) — Robert Mason, founder of the Common Black College Application, has died at 66, according to HBCU Buzz. Mason created…
(AURN News) — Pioneering celebrity journalist and longtime columnist Florence “Flo” Anthony has died at age 74 after battling cancer, according to…
(AURN News) — Booker Rowe, the first Black musician to perform with The Philadelphia Orchestra, died July 31 at age 85, according…
(AURN News) — Actor Hal Williams, best known for his roles on “Sanford and Son” and “227,” has died at 91, according…
(AURN News) — Tony Brown, the longtime host and producer of “Tony Brown’s Journal,” died June 17 at his home in Newport…
(AURN News) — According to The New York Times, former San Francisco 49ers All-Pro Aldon Smith spent the final morning of his…
(AURN News) — Former Chicago Bulls player and longtime broadcaster Stacey King has died at 59, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The…
(AURN News) — Clarence B. Jones, one of the architects of the civil rights movement, has died at 95, according to The…