(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks 58 years since Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 39.
(AURN News) — On this day, March 2, 1867, Howard University was established in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the Civil War. After the
WASHINGTON (AURN News) — The nation begins its final farewell today to a titan of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.,
(AURN NEWS) – On this day, February 4, 1913, civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Decades later, on December 1, 1955,
(AURN News) — According to The Associated Press, Claudette Colvin — whose refusal to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped ignite
(AURN News) — On this day in 1983, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his historic run for president of the United States.
(AURN News) — Thirty years ago today, on Oct. 16, 1995, the National Mall in Washington, D.C., became the site of one of the most
(AURN News) — The Rev. Jesse L. Douglas Sr., a trusted lieutenant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who quietly orchestrated key civil rights marches,
(AURN News) — On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a historic
On Sept. 19, 1963, at the height of the civil rights movement, Iota Phi Theta fraternity was founded on the campus of Morgan State University
Joseph A. McNeil, one of four North Carolina A&T freshmen whose 1960 sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro helped ignite a nationwide wave
When most people think of Labor Day, they picture parades and barbecues. But for Black America, the struggle behind the holiday has always been about
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