On This Day in History

(AURN News) — On Feb. 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first Black man to serve in the United States Senate.…

(AURN News) — On this day in 1865, the Kentucky General Assembly refused to ratify the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery except…

(AURN News) — On Feb. 23, 1989, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded its first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance…

(AURN News) — On this day, Feb. 20, 1927, trailblazing actor and director Sidney Poitier was born in Miami. He became the…

(AURN News) — On Feb. 19, 1919, the first Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, convened in Paris at the close…

(AURN News) — On this day, Feb. 17, 1942, Huey P. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana. He later grew up in…

(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass, one of the most pivotal figures in American history. Though the…

(AURN News) — One hundred years ago this week, Negro History Week began — an observance that would later grow into what…

(AURN News) — On this day, Feb. 11, 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor made history as the first African-American flight attendant in the…

(AURN News) — On this day, Feb. 5, 1934, baseball legend Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama. Widely regarded as one…

(AURN NEWS) — On this day, February 4, 1913, civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Decades later, on…

(AURN News) — Zora Neale Hurston died Jan. 28, 1960 — 66 years ago — leaving behind one of the most important…