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Bessie Coleman: a boundary-breaking pilot who fought for her dream
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Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech: Britain and race in the mid 20th-century
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The murder that reshaped the American civil rights movement
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Black Victorians: the hidden Britons who helped shape the 19th century
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Enslavement, separation & survival: the story of “Ashley’s sack”
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Slavery's painful legacy
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The slave who stole a ship and sailed to freedom
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