Tag: civil rights

(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) — Billy G. Mills, a pioneering civil rights attorney, Los Angeles councilman and judge, has died at 96, according to…

(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks 250 years since July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence announced the birth of the United…

(AURN News) — As America prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, a broad coalition of civil rights, labor, faith, immigrant rights…

(AURN News) — This Sunday marks 57 years since the Stonewall uprising began in New York City on June 28, 1969. In…

On this day in 1969, 14-year-old Vivian Strong was killed by an Omaha police officer. Vivian, a Black girl, was at a…

(AURN News) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has pardoned 43 people who were convicted under a state law that made it a…

WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore Black history exhibits and other historical content removed…

WASHINGTON (AURN News) — Vice President JD Vance faced pushback from the hosts of “The View” during a contentious discussion about the…

(AURN News) — On June 10, 1940, Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Black nationalist and Pan-African movements, died in London…