Black history

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin: the quiet force behind the March on Washington

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Pod Preeti Dhillon WL

Fighting racism in postwar Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Disease killers: the black nurses who conquered TB . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HEX_Voices_Michael Wood

Michael Wood on the ongoing legacy of slavery "Slavery’s effects are still working themselves out in our lives today" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Is black history still being overlooked? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HEX_Voices_Kavita Puri

Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: “Britain’s first black editor achieved so much in such a short life”

Pupils at a primary school in London

Are black histories still being overlooked?

Martin Luther King speaks in front of microphones, during the March on Washtington

“I Have A Dream”: the speech that America couldn’t ignore

Sierra Leone in the mid-19th century – houses and people walking past.

Recaptive Number 11,407 Piecing together the life of a freed slave

Images of Sidi Mubarak Bombay

Sidi Mubarak Bombay: the unsung African adventurer behind the European explorers

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The forgotten history of Windrush . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James Lawson hosting a press conference in Alabama

Who were the key figures of the civil rights movement?

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US civil rights movement 5 landmark events

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Episode 1 The lynching of Emmett Till . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A boy signs a petition against slavery (bottom left)

The children who fought for the abolition of slavery