Black and British A Forgotten History
Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa. LINK Episode 1 First
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Europe History
Racist coins created after World War I : The Watch on the Rhine / The Black Shame
KG13 – The Watch on the Rhine / The Black Shame (Die Wachte am Rhein / Die Schwarze Schmach), Struck Bronze
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First modern Britons had ‘dark to black’ skin, Cheddar Man DNA analysis reveals
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent @hannahdev Wed 7 Feb 2018 01.01 EST The genome of Cheddar Man, who lived 10,000 years ago, suggests
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The history of Zwarte Piet, or “Black Pete,” a prominent Dutch Christmas character
BY BECKY LITTLE 03 DECEMBER 2017 THE HISTORY OF EUROPE’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL CHRISTMAS CHARACTER Some cities and schools are changing how
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How Britain imprisoned some of the first black fighters against slavery
Forgotten history to be revisited with an exhibition revealing how some of the most celebrated black fighters in the early struggle against
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African migrants in Russia describe ‘hell on Earth’
Ann M. Simmons Contact Reporter November 2nd, 2014 7:00 am Reporting from Moscow First they spat angry words
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Eugene James Bullard, the first African-American military pilot
First African-American pilot a war hero during WWI / Published February 02, 2012 FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) —
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John Edmonstone, the black man that taught Charles Darwin and inspired his theory of evolution
JOHN EDMONSTONE: THE FREED SLAVE WHO INSPIRED CHARLES DARWIN By Melissa Pandika THE DAILY DOSE, MAY 31 2014 http://www.ozy.com/flashback/john-edmonstone-the-freed-slave-who-inspired-charles-darwin/31600
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The 1,800-year-old face of the ‘Beachy Head Lady’: Ancient skeleton of an African woman buried in Britain during Roman times
By Ellie Zolfagharifard PUBLISHED: 08:12 EST, 4 February 2014 | UPDATED: 13:02 EST, 4 February 2014 This is the
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AFRICAN skeleton found in England dating back to 1190 A.D. baffles historians and scientist
He was an African who had a strong jaw and a bad back… So what was he doing in Ipswich
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