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Witness History: Black history

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The Dance Theatre of Harlem

The Dance Theatre of Harlem

In August 1969, Arthur Mitchell founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem - the first classical ballet company to focus on bla... Read more

24 Aug 2016

8mins

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The First Kwanzaa

The First Kwanzaa

In December 1966, a group of Black activists in Los Angeles created the winter holiday Kwanzaa to try to reclaim their A... Read more

26 Dec 2017

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Jamaica Slave Rebellion

Jamaica Slave Rebellion

Contains descriptions that some listeners may find upsetting Enslaved Africans are forced to work in sugar cane field... Read more

1 Oct 2013

8mins

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The Scottsboro Boys: A Miscarriage of Justice in the US

The Scottsboro Boys: A Miscarriage of Justice in the US

In 1931, nine black teenagers were convicted of raping two white girls in the southern US state of Alabama.Eight were se... Read more

17 Oct 2013

8mins

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Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey

In 1916 Marcus Garvey arrived in the US and began a movement for black pride. His dream was that black people would live... Read more

17 May 2016

9mins

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Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar

Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar

In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris. Her overtly sexual act soon made her one o... Read more

10 Oct 2013

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Muhammad Ali and the Draft

Muhammad Ali and the Draft

In 1967, the world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, refused to be indicted into the American military. His decision t... Read more

25 Apr 2013

9mins

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The Mississippi Burning Case

The Mississippi Burning Case

Andrew Goodman was one of the three civil rights workers killed by the Klu Klux Klan in Mississippi in 1964. He and the ... Read more

5 Oct 2013

9mins

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Mixed race marriage victory in US

Mixed race marriage victory in US

In 1958, a mixed-race couple, Mildred and Richard Loving, were arrested and then banished from the US state of Virginia ... Read more

8 Oct 2013

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I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream

On August 28th 1963, the American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, made his historic plea for an end to racial d... Read more

28 Aug 2013

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The Freedom Riders

The Freedom Riders

The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode on buses, testing out whether bus stations were complying with t... Read more

7 Oct 2013

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The Attica Prison Riot

The Attica Prison Riot

In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards taking 42 people hostage. Af... Read more

9 Sep 2013

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Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'

Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'

The US first began sending troops to the UK in 1942 to help in the war effort. It is estimated that at least two million... Read more

11 Oct 2019

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Nina Simone moves to Liberia

Nina Simone moves to Liberia

The great African-American jazz singer Nina Simone moved to the Liberian capital Monrovia in September 1974. Simone was ... Read more

29 Aug 2019

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The Death of Walter Rodney

The Death of Walter Rodney

In June 1980, the Guyanese opposition leader and academic, Dr Walter Rodney, was killed in a bomb explosion. He was one ... Read more

11 Jun 2015

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The Bristol bus boycott

The Bristol bus boycott

In 1963 a small group of British black activists started a pioneering protest against racism within the local bus compan... Read more

10 Oct 2019

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Black Golfer at the US Masters

Black Golfer at the US Masters

In 1975, Lee Elder braved death threats to become the first African-American golfer to play at the prestigious US Master... Read more

2 Oct 2013

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Free breakfast with the Black Panthers

Free breakfast with the Black Panthers

The Black Panther Party hit the headlines in the late 1960s with their call for revolution. But they also ran a number o... Read more

18 Sep 2019

9mins

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The Notting Hill riots

The Notting Hill riots

In August 1958 Britain was shocked by nearly a week of race riots in the west London district of Notting Hill. The clash... Read more

9 Oct 2019

8mins

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