Witness History: Black history
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Civil rights swim-in (18.06.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Charleston church shooting 17.06.2025
- King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical 11.03.2025
- How bloodshed in Selma led to the US Voting Rights Act 1965 07.03.2025
- Emperor Haile Selassie in Bath 10.09.2024
- Waris Dirie 28.08.2024
- Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home 24.04.2024
- Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight 19.04.2024
- The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion 09.02.2024
- How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism 08.02.2024
- Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star 07.02.2024
- Queen of the 'fro 05.02.2024
- The funeral of Nelson Mandela 15.12.2023
- The Bristol bus boycott 28.08.2023
- The Empire Windrush arrives 22.06.2023
- Ming Smith makes history at MoMA 16.06.2023
- Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer 06.03.2023
- Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service 19.12.2022
- The Little Black Book survival guide 31.10.2022
- The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival 07.10.2022
- The Harder They Come 06.10.2022
