(AURN News) — Funeral arrangements have been released for civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Lewis Jackson Sr. Public events will take place in Chicago.
(AURN News) — Rev. Jesse Jackson died at age 84 on Feb. 17, 2026, in Chicago after a lengthy illness, leaving a political legacy that
(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass, one of the most pivotal figures in American history. Though the exact date of
(AURN News) — Howard University announced that its Gallery of Art will lend three works to the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. The works, by
(AURN News) — According to the BBC, legendary reggae drummer Sly Dunbar has died at age 73. His wife, Thelma, discovered him unresponsive on Monday
(AURN News) – On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, civil rights leaders are drawing a line between Dr. King’s legacy and what they describe as
(AURN News) – Viola Ford Fletcher, known as Mother Fletcher and the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111. She
(AURN News) — Christian Menefee has never been one to fade into the background. At 35, he made history as both the youngest and first
(AURN News) — On Oct. 13, 1928, Lerone Bennett Jr. was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He would go on to become one of the most
(AURN News) — The Mary Fields Horse & Heritage Museum has opened in Connecticut, becoming the first museum in the nation dedicated to Black equestrian
(AURN News) — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and revolutionary LGBTQ+ leader, has died at 78. She passed away on Oct. 13 at
(AURN News) — On Oct. 7, 1934, playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka was born in Newark, New Jersey. Born Everett LeRoi Jones, he changed
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