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WASHINGTON (AURN News) — President Donald Trump has ordered warning signs installed outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, telling visitors…
(AURN News) — On July 24, 1807, acclaimed Black Shakespearean actor Ira Frederick Aldridge was born. Although accounts differ on whether his…
(AURN News) — According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has awarded $3 million…
(AURN News) — DuJuan McCoy’s latest business move is about more than adding another television station to his portfolio. It is about…
(AURN News) — On this day in 1862, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She became a pioneering…
(AURN News) — On July 13, 2015, Sandra Bland died in a Waller County, Texas, jail cell, three days after a traffic…
(AURN News) — On July 10, 1927, David Dinkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Elected in 1989, he became New York…
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III is pushing back after the White House Domestic Policy Council released a…
(AURN News) — On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment was officially ratified, adding new protections to the U.S. Constitution. The…
(AURN News) — On this day 25 years ago, Venus Williams won her second consecutive Wimbledon women’s singles championship, defeating Belgium’s Justine…
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A new White House Domestic Policy Council report accuses the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History of “extreme…
(AURN News) — George E. Johnson, the pioneering entrepreneur who built a Black hair-care empire, has died at 99, according to The…