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We look at a selection of the men and women at the vanguard of
Two competing visions of Black liberation in 1960s Detroit
On 2 November 2005, thousands of mourners crowded into the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit to attend the funeral of black American civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Former US president Bill Clinton led th
In June 2020, the US and much of Europe were convulsed by the anti-racist Black Lives Matter protests
Nelson Mandela stepped onto the podium in Trafalgar Square. It was a cold February day in London in 2005, and thousands had gathered to witness the historic moment. The great South African leader, age
SLY STONE, WHO DIED ON June 9 at 82, wrung greatness out of the American abyss. Early in his career, Stone was an avatar of a more peaceful future, forming Sly and the Family Stone as one of the count
Ellie Cawthorne Why was the winter of 1641–42 such a pivotal time in British and Irish history? Jonathan Healey In the heart of that winter came one of the most iconic moments in English political his
