(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) — According to the BBC, South African actress and former beauty queen Cynthia Shange has died at the age of 76. She passed
(AURN News) — A growing dispute between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV is intensifying, with Vice President JD Vance weighing in on the
(AURN News) — On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African and Native American descent, became the first person killed in
(AURN News) — The Congressional Black Caucus says the Trump administration is targeting Black immigrants through sweeping visa restrictions and enforcement policies. In a letter
(AURN News) — On Feb. 19, 1919, the first Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, convened in Paris at the close of World War
(AURN News) — Rev. Jesse Jackson died at age 84 on Feb. 17, 2026, in Chicago after a lengthy illness, leaving a political legacy that
(AURN News) — The Trump administration removed and altered parts of a Philadelphia exhibit honoring enslaved Africans at the historic President’s House site. A federal
(AURN News) — On Oct. 7, 1934, playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka was born in Newark, New Jersey. Born Everett LeRoi Jones, he changed
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — Inside a packed room at the 54th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington, D.C., last week,
(AURN News) — On Sept. 25, 1861, the Union Navy opened its ranks to African Americans for the first time during the Civil War. Many
Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has passed legislation criminalizing conduct deemed to promote LGBTQ practices, CNN reported. The law includes fines, prison terms of two to
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