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(AURN News) — On Oct. 16, 1968, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos made history at the Mexico City Olympics. After…
On this day in 1966, Stokely Carmichael transformed the language of the civil rights movement when he called for “Black Power” during…
(AURN News) — Clarence B. Jones, one of the architects of the civil rights movement, has died at 95, according to The…
(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) — Tomorrow marks 58 years since Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee,…
(AURN News) — On this day, March 2, 1867, Howard University was established in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the Civil…
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — The nation begins its final farewell today to a titan of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Jesse…
(AURN NEWS) — On this day, February 4, 1913, civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Decades later, on…
(AURN News) — According to The Associated Press, Claudette Colvin — whose refusal to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery…
(AURN News) — On this day in 1983, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his historic run for president of…
(AURN News) — Thirty years ago today, on Oct. 16, 1995, the National Mall in Washington, D.C., became the site of one…