Nina Simone: Singer, Songwriter, Civil Rights Campaigner
Born to a Christian family on February 21st, 1933; Nina was the sixth child to a North Carolina…
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Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and Womens Rights Campaigner
Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, Truth was born into slavery to the Baumfree family in Swartekill, Ulster County,…
Phillis Wheatley: The First Published African-American Poet
Phillis Wheatley (original birth-name unknown) was born somewhere in West Africa sometime during 1753. The exact place and…
Angela Davis
Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Scholar, Political Activist and Author who emerged as a prominent counterculture activist…
Black Studies Adrift in Academe
For the twenty-first year running blue-collar workers, council officials, retirees, and school children will be organising or attending…
Lewis Hamilton Leads Stellar Nominees List at the 2016 Lycamobile BEDSAs
Hamilton will go head-to-head with James DeGale, the current IBF World super middleweight champion, and Yorkshire and England…
Black History Month: Remembering Those Who Fought
Black History Month is a time to remember and celebrate people from the past, and those who contribute…
Black History Month Firsts: Lilian Bader
Marrying in 1913, Marcus Bailey was a Barbadian born migrant who found himself in England, coupled with an…
No Colour Bar, But A Baton Of Social Progress
This space, currently housing the exhibition: “No Colour Bar: Black British Work In Action 1960-1990” is fitting when…
For whom the bells toll
However far fewer of us know about the contribution made by military and civilian personnel from other parts…
WATCH: The Bob Marley Story (2001) by Jeremy Marre
Marley was a symbol of human rights that, through his music, decried the injustices of all people and…
WATCH: Days in History : February 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela Released from Prison
Leading anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela has been freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years. His release…
