Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor
The US Navy is to name its new aircraft carrier after a black sailor who fought in World War II.
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Black history
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes to mark Martin Luther King Day
Today is Martin Luther King Day, a day where we honour the achievements of the trailblazing civil rights leader, Martin
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How does black hair reflect black history?
Black hair has been an integral feature of black history – from African tribal styles to dreadlocks and the afro.
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Found: The Oldest-Known Photograph of Enslaved African Americans With Cotton
The image is simple and haunting. Ten enslaved African-American people stand in front of a two-story, white clapboard building, some
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Why is the Sam Sharpe Lecture important?
The Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Jamaica Baptist Union are committed to walking the ways of God’s justice.
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The Knot and Pinterest will no longer promote slave plantations
The wedding venues are often said to have a “touch of southern charm.” One boasts of an 18th-century plantation home
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Windrush Compensation Scheme – Addressing misleading media coverage by Martin Forde QC
In May 2018, I was appointed the Independent Adviser to the Windrush Compensation Scheme, as the Home Office recognised that
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The GIFT of Drawing on History – 30 Years of OUR ROOTS by Tayo Fatunla
OUR ROOTS has been a Black history cartoon column series featured in various publications at different times – and also
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Radar finds 145, mostly African American graves, buried under Florida school
The graves of 145 people have been discovered under a high school in Tampa, in the US state of Florida.
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Jeremy O Harris: ‘People say I wrote Slave Play for white people’
his fall, Jeremy O Harris wrestled with a problem unique to artists of color. He knew his Broadway debut, Slave Play, worked
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Jack London: Medals of GB’s first black Olympic star to be sold
The first Olympic medals to be won by a black British athlete have been put up for auction. Valued at
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Bristol’s black history studies ‘give pupils confidence
Pupils studying a new school curriculum about Bristol’s black history say the lessons have made them feel more “confident”. The
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Bristol University appoints History of Slavery professor
The University of Bristol has appointed its first Professor of the History of Slavery. Professor Olivette Otele, the UK’s first
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Black History: War memorial to black servicemen unveiled
A woman who lost her father and brothers in World War Two has won a 26-year campaign for a memorial
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Windrush Story of faith and love one West End stage set to sell out
With under two weeks to go Angie Le Mar’s hit gospel music Take Me Back is set to sell out
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