Witness History: Black history
By BBC World Service
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The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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How a young mother was saved from death by stoning
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Queen of the 'fro
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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The funeral of Nelson Mandela
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Bristol bus boycott
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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The Empire Windrush arrives
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Ming Smith makes history at MoMA
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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The Little Black Book survival guide
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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The Harder They Come
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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The funk and soul club that changed Manchester
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Civil Rights activist Ida B Wells
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May 31, 2022 |
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The death of Trayvon Martin
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Black Jesus
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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'I just wanted to be white'
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Nasa's pioneering black women
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Viv Anderson - first black England footballer
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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The Battle of Lewisham
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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When Nelson Mandela went to Detroit
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Three Strikes Law
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Rodney King and the LA riots
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Black basketball pioneers - Texas Western
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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The 16th Street church bombing
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Brown v the Board of Education
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Ann Lowe - African American fashion designer
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May 29, 2020 |
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The Miami riots
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May 18, 2020 |
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The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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London's first black policeman
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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The first self-made female millionaire
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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The story of George Stinney Jr
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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Black GIs during World War Two
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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The killing of Amadou Diallo
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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The Bristol bus boycott
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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The Notting Hill riots
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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The first black woman MP in Britain
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Learie Constantine - fighting racism in the UK
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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Free breakfast with the Black Panthers
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Nina Simone moves to Liberia
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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The murder of black teenager Emmett Till
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Britain's first female black headteacher
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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Photographing Martin Luther King and His Family
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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The "Godfather of Gospel Music"
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Jan 29, 2018 |
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The First Kwanzaa
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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The Unsung Hero of Heart Surgery
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Roots - The TV Series
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt
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Dec 02, 2016 |
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A Black GI in China
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Voting Against the War on Terror
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Sep 20, 2016 |
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The Dance Theatre of Harlem
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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Race Riots in Liverpool
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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Black in the USSR
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Jun 20, 2016 |
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Marcus Garvey
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May 17, 2016 |
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Haile Selassie In Jamaica
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Apr 18, 2016 |
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The Back to Africa Movement
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Feb 23, 2016 |
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The Death of Walter Rodney
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Jun 11, 2015 |
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The Scottsboro Boys: A Miscarriage of Justice in the US
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Oct 17, 2013 |
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Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar
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Oct 10, 2013 |
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The Children's Crusade
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Oct 09, 2013 |
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Mixed race marriage victory in US
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Oct 08, 2013 |
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Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
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Oct 07, 2013 |
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The Freedom Riders
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Oct 07, 2013 |
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The Mississippi Burning Case
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Oct 05, 2013 |
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Petula Clark touches Harry Belafonte's arm
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Oct 03, 2013 |
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John Howard Griffin: Black Like Me
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Oct 03, 2013 |
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Beverly Johnson - Vogue's First Black Covergirl
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Oct 02, 2013 |
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Black Golfer at the US Masters
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Oct 02, 2013 |
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Jamaica Slave Rebellion
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Oct 01, 2013 |
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The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
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Oct 01, 2013 |
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The Attica Prison Riot
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Sep 09, 2013 |
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I Have a Dream
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Aug 28, 2013 |
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Muhammad Ali and the Draft
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Apr 25, 2013 |
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James Brown Concert at the Boston Garden
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Apr 05, 2013 |
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
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Jan 14, 2013 |