On This Day in History

(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) — On June 22, 1947, award-winning science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler was born in Pasadena, California. Widely considered one…

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…

(AURN News) — On June 12, 1991, Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their first NBA championship. The Bulls defeated the…

(AURN News) — On June 10, 1940, Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Black nationalist and Pan-African movements, died in London…

(AURN News) — On May 29, 1973, Tom Bradley made history by becoming the first African American mayor of Los Angeles, defeating…

(AURN News) — On May 28, 1934, Betty Shabazz was born in Detroit. Born Betty Dean Sanders, she became a civil rights…

(AURN News) — On May 27, 1971, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was born in Philadelphia. Today, she would have been 55 years…

(AURN News) — Today, May 25, 2026, marks six years since George Floyd was killed. H3 was 46 years old. On May…

(AURN News) — On May 15, 1970, a horrific tragedy unfolded at Jackson State College in Mississippi. Just 10 days after the…