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OJ Simpson confers with lawyers during his murder trial

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What the OJ Simpson trial revealed about modern America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An African perspective on the history of Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Being Black and gay in postwar Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British author Sathnam Sanghera poses for a photograph in Hampstead

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Sathnam Sanghera on the legacy of empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real Shirley Chisholm in 1974 and the Regina King in Netflix film 'Shirley'

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Is Netflix’s Shirley a true story? The real history behind Chisholm's astonishing achievements

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Video podcastLife of the Week: Frederick Douglass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Regency Masterclass, with Dr Lizzie Rogers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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VideoSlavery and abolition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Regency quiz – week four. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcastAmazing Grace: a story of salvation and slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Amazing Grace: a story of salvation and slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin

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Bayard Rustin: the quiet force behind the March on Washington

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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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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.

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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

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Are black histories still being overlooked?

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

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

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

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

Images of Sidi Mubarak Bombay

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Sidi Mubarak Bombay: the unsung African adventurer behind the European explorers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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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

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Who were the key figures of the civil rights movement?

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

A boy signs a petition against slavery (bottom left) in an 1826 satirical cartoon originally titled 'John Bull Taking a Clear View on the Negro Slavery Question', by R Cruikshank (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The children who fought for the abolition of slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th CenturyvideoWindrush at 75Why is arrival of Windrush such a key milestone?

A group of men reading the news aboard the HMT Empire Windrush on arrival at Tilbury in Essex, 22nd June 1948.

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

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Before Windrush: Britain’s long relationship with the Caribbean. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Juneteenth celebrations, also known as Emancipation Day, in Texas, 1900

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JuneteenthWhat is it, historians on its relevance, and 9 articles you should read

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