(AURN News) — Bishop Kwabena Albert “Rainey” Cheeks, a longtime D.C. pastor and HIV/AIDS activist, died Aug. 11 at Georgetown University Hospital at age 74,
(AURN News) — On Aug. 7, 1930, one of the most infamous lynchings in American history took place in Marion, Indiana. A white mob numbering
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III is pushing back after the White House Domestic Policy Council released a July 4 report
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A new White House Domestic Policy Council report accuses the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History of “extreme political activism.” The
On this day in 1966, Stokely Carmichael transformed the language of the civil rights movement when he called for “Black Power” during the March Against
(AURN News) — On June 10, 1940, Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Black nationalist and Pan-African movements, died in London after suffering several
(AURN News) — A federal judge in Boston struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visas, a program that allows U.S. employers to
(AURN News) — On this day, April 9, 1898, trailblazer Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey. One of the most versatile figures in
(AURN News) — Pioneering radio broadcaster and activist Bob Law has died at 86, Newsday reported. The Brooklyn native built a decades-long career shaping Black
(AURN News) — Speakers at the homegoing service for civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson recalled the chants and phrases that defined his decades of
(AURN News) — Fourteen years ago today, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida, while walking home from a convenience store. His
(AURN News) — On this day, Feb. 17, 1942, Huey P. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana. He later grew up in Oakland, California, where
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