On this day, we remember Congressman John Lewis, born on February 21, 1940. A champion for human rights, Lewis served as the Democratic U.S. Representative
On February 4, 1913, civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her defining moment came on December 1, 1955, when she refused
On Oct. 16, 1995, the Million Man March, led by Minister Louis Farrakhan, brought hundreds of thousands of Black men to Washington, D.C., in a
On September 8, 1954, civil rights activist Ruby Bridges was born. Ruby’s name has become synonymous with courage and resilience, as she fearlessly became the
This is Clay Cane Civil Rights Activist Timuel Black Jr. Dies At 102 Labor organizer and civil rights activist Timuel Black Jr. died onOct. 13
The NOI offered another path to Black freedom.
In 1976, James Baldwin released a book titled The Devil Finds Work. It’s a critical analysis of Hollywood movies in which he asserts that American
AURN’s Tanya Hart narrates a short documentary produced by Al Merk and features an unexpected story from a former KKK member.
Efforts to to honor the late Maryland Congressman John Lewis continue this week in Washington, DC. Over the weekend, a motorcade carried Lewis traveled through
I remember my late grandmother – “Gamma” to three-year-old me – coming back glowing after she’d seen April. April was a woman I met only
Simeon Wright, who was with his cousin Emmett Till when the Chicago boy was kidnapped in 1955 after allegedly whistling at a white woman in
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