Tag: Black History

(AURN News) — A new 1,000-acre park in Maryland is honoring Black history in the United States. Freedman’s State Park is now…

(AURN News) — As the nation pauses this Memorial Day to honor the fallen, it is important to remember a piece of…

(AURN News) — Civil rights pioneer Brenda Travis has died at 81, according to Mississippi Today, leaving behind a legacy that began…

(AURN News) — On May 15, 1970, a horrific tragedy unfolded at Jackson State College in Mississippi. Just 10 days after the…

(AURN News) — Gerald Talbot, a civil rights trailblazer and the first Black person elected to the Maine Legislature, died May 9…

(AURN News) — On May 1, 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book “Annie Allen,” becoming the first…

(AURN News) — On April 30, 1863, Sarah J. Garnet was named the first Black principal in the New York City public…

(AURN News) — On April 27, 1968, Dr. Vincent Porter achieved board certification in plastic surgery, becoming the first Black physician to…

(AURN News) — On April 24, 1877, the end of Reconstruction was sealed when President Rutherford B. Hayes ordered the withdrawal of…

(AURN News) — On April 17, 1863, nearly a century before Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, Charlotte L. Brown defied…

On this day, Clara Hale, known as “Mother Hale,” was born Clara McBride in 1905 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Orphaned at…

(AURN News) — The Congressional Black Caucus says the Trump administration is targeting Black immigrants through sweeping visa restrictions and enforcement policies.…