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(AURN News) — On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the previous evening at Ford’s Theatre in Washington,…
(AURN News) — Babyface, born Kenneth Edmonds on April 10, 1959, turns 67 today, and his impact on music is undeniable. Born…
(AURN News) — On this day, April 9, 1898, trailblazer Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey. One of the most…
(AURN News) — On April 7, 1915, legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday was born. Known as Lady Day, she rose from a…
(AURN News) — On April 6, 1909, Matthew Henson became the first African American to reach the North Pole, alongside explorer Robert…
(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks 58 years since Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee,…
On this day, Clara Hale, known as “Mother Hale,” was born Clara McBride in 1905 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Orphaned at…
(AURN News) — On March 25, 1931, nine Black teenage boys were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train…
On this day, March 20, Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee was born in 1957, marking the arrival of one of film’s most iconic…
On this day, March 19, 1897, Loretta Mary Aiken, better known as comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was born in North Carolina. Beginning…
(AURN News) — On this day, March 18, 1963, Vanessa Williams, a trailblazing entertainer, was born. Williams was born in Millwood, New…
(AURN News) — On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was fatally shot by police in her apartment…