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(AURN News) — On July 1, 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.…
(AURN News) — On June 30, 1943, Florence Ballard was born in Detroit. A founding member of The Supremes, alongside Diana Ross…
(AURN News) — Tony Brown, the longtime host and producer of “Tony Brown’s Journal,” died June 17 at his home in Newport…
(AURN News) — This Sunday marks 57 years since the Stonewall uprising began in New York City on June 28, 1969. In…
(AURN News) — On June 25, 2009, the world lost one of its most iconic entertainers when Michael Jackson died at age…
On this day in 1969, 14-year-old Vivian Strong was killed by an Omaha police officer. Vivian, a Black girl, was at a…
(AURN News) — An appeals court ruled that the Trump administration can remove and replace the slavery exhibit at the President’s House…
(AURN News) — On June 22, 1947, award-winning science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler was born in Pasadena, California. Widely considered one…
(AURN News) — A dedication ceremony Thursday marks the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, a project nearly a decade in the…
(AURN News) — According to The New York Times, former San Francisco 49ers All-Pro Aldon Smith spent the final morning of his…
On this day in 1966, Stokely Carmichael transformed the language of the civil rights movement when he called for “Black Power” during…
(AURN News) — On June 14, 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper became the first African American to graduate from West Point. Born enslaved…