Exhibit suggests ‘peaceful pluralism’ among ancient Jews, Christians and pagans
As they jostled to control lucrative and important Middle Eastern spice trade routes between 100 B.C. and A.D. 250, the
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Couple who loved the church they got married in so much they bought it
Anne and Bill Monroe bought the church for just £5,000, plus an undisclosed uplift fee and spent £200,000 restoring it
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How Black Farmers Are Trying To End Centuries Of Racism In America’s Food System
When Keisha Cameron and her husband first started farming their 5 acres of land in Grayson, Georgia, in 2014, they
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Being black in Nazi Germany
Film director Amma Asante came across an old photograph taken in Nazi Germany of a black schoolgirl by chance. Standing
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Black Director ‘sad’ to make Cannes history
The first black female director in competition at the Cannes Film Festival has said she was inspired by her “need
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South African flag designer dies
The designer of South Africa’s post-apartheid flag, Fred Brownell, died at his home in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday night
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Cambridge investigates its slavery links
The University of Cambridge is to investigate its own historical links with slavery and will examine how it might have
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Last survivor of US slave ships discovered
The last known survivor of the transatlantic slave ships, brought to the US in 1860, has been identified by an
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Communities across the country given £500,000 to commemorate Windrush generation
Communities across the country will receive a share of £500,000 to educate, commemorate and celebrate the outstanding contribution of the
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The white Southerners who fought US segregation
Its racist past still hangs heavy over the White South. But as with anything, it is rarely as simple as
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The story of historically black colleges in the US
When Kamala Harris, one of the early front runners for the 2020 Democratic nomination, talked about the importance of the
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Bob Marley house in London to be marked with blue plaque
The house in Chelsea where Bob Marley lived for a year in 1977 while his band The Wailers finished their Exodus album
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Virginia’s painful ‘blackface’ past and present
Ask Virginians what they feel about the current scandal engulfing state politics and one reaction is common: the exasperated exhalation
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Why this year’s Black History Month is pivotal
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of 19 enslaved Africans, brought to mainland English North America for the first
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UK needs black culture museum
Architect Sir David Adjaye has called for a “long overdue” museum celebrating black culture in Britain. He believes it would
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