Tag: civil rights

(AURN News) — According to a press release from the NAACP, the civil rights group is urging the removal of President Donald…

(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks 58 years since Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee,…

(AURN News) — The NAACP has named former Justice Department civil rights chief Kristen Clarke as its new general counsel, signaling a…

WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A new opportunity aimed at shaping the next generation of Black policy leaders is now open, as the…

(AURN News) — Kicking off today on Capitol Hill is a Senate showdown over the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, President…

(AURN News) — Democracy Forward is out with a new report accusing the Trump-Vance administration of blocking transparency and hiding misconduct across…

(AURN News) — Speakers at the homegoing service for civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson recalled the chants and phrases that defined…

(AURN News) — Thirty-five years ago today, Rodney King, a Black motorist, was kicked, struck with a Taser and beaten by four…

(AURN News) — On this day, March 2, 1867, Howard University was established in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the Civil…

(AURN News) — The Justice Department has expanded its effort to obtain unredacted voter registration lists, filing five new lawsuits Thursday against…

(AURN News) — Marian Anderson, one of the 20th century’s most celebrated singers, was born on Feb. 27, 1897, in Philadelphia. She…

WASHINGTON (AURN News) — The nation begins its final farewell today to a titan of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Jesse…