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Drawing of the zong massacre -slaves being tossed overboard

The Zong Massacre

In 1781 over 100 enslaved Africans were thrown overboard the Zong slave ship to allow the slave owners to collect insurance money on their human commodities. This is one of …

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Birth of the Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is an American white supremacist terrorist hate group founded after the American Civil War to suppress and victimise newly freed African American slaves.  Over the …

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Claudia Jones leads protest against immigration act

The Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962

On 1 July 1962, the Commonwealth Immigrants Act came into effect, ending the automatic right of people of the British Commonwealth and Colonies to settle in the United Kingdom. The …

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June 1900 Emancipation Day Celebarion

Juneteenth

What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It is observed annually on 19 June. It is also called Emancipation Day, or …

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Tacky's rebellion

Tacky’s Rebellion

When the English took over the colonisation of Jamaica from the Spanish, they imported thousands of Africans as slaves to work on plantations of wealthy Englishmen. Like other colonised islands, …

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John Lewish marching to Selma on Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday – Selma to Montgomery

The Selma to Montgomery march was part of a series of civil rights protests that occurred in 1965 in Alabama, a Southern state with deeply entrenched racist policies. Death and …

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Malcolm X standing in Marshall Street, in Smethwick

Malcolm X visits Smethwick, West Midlands

In February 1965 civil rights campaigner, Malcolm X was in Britain to speak at the London School of Economics. Avtar Singh Jouhl, general secretary of the Indian Workers Association, invited …

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New Cross fire action day

Remembering the 13 young people killed in the New Cross fire

On Sunday 18 January 1981 a fire broke out in a house in New Cross Road, Deptford, South East London, killing 13 young people and marking a massive change for …

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How Haiti won its independence

How Haiti won its independence

0n 5 December 1492, European navigator Christopher Columbus came upon an island in the Caribbean that he claimed for Spain and called La Isla Española (“The Spanish Island”, later Anglicised …

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Sam Sharp statue

Samuel Sharpe and the 1831 Christmas Rebellion

Samuel Sharpe instigates a rebellion On 27 December 1831, the Christmas Rebellion began at the Kensington Estate in St James, Jamaica. Samuel Sharpe was the main instigator of the 1831 …

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1919 race riots

1919 race riots in Britain

Britain’s 1919 race riots started at the end of the First World War starting with an outbreak of violence in Glasgow in January, race riots happened around the United Kingdom …

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UK race riots – The murder of Charles Wotten

Charles Wotten was a 24-year-old ship’s fireman from Bermuda who was murdered by an angry white mob during the Liverpool race riots of 1919. What led to Charles Wotten’s murder? …

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Teddy Boys in Notting Hill 1958

Notting Hill Riots of 1958

The Notting Hill Race riots were the result of a campaign of attacks on the Caribbean residents in a bid to drive them out of their homes and ultimately out of Britain. …

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The murder of Kelso Cochrane

A 32-year-old black man from Antigua named Kelso Cochrane was brutally murdered in a racist attack in the early hours of 17 May 1959. After receiving treatment at Paddington Hospital …

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The history and politics of Zionism: Everything you need to know

Zionism is a term that has been used in many different ways over the years. At its core, Zionism is the belief that Judaism is a nationality as well as …

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Israeli police 2018

Why Israel occupied Palestine: The history behind the conflict

Israel’s control of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza has been referred to as an “occupation” for decades. Yet until recently, many people have not fully understood the significance …

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Sandra Bland – Say her name

Sandra Bland is another black life lost under hinky police circumstances. The 28-year-old’s death in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop turned …

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The burning of Greenwood aka Black Wall Street

Greenwood, Tulsa was once a prosperous, modern, cultured Black community known as Black Wall Street until it was burned down by envious racists.

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Norman Manley

History of Jamaica Welfare

Jamaica Welfare was founded by Norman Manley in 1937. It was the first large scale social welfare organisation on the island. It was formed from suggestions Manley made to United …

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Chairman Fred Hamption

The truth about Fred Hampton’s murder

Fred Hampton was a political activist born August 30, 1948. He was killed as he lay in bed in his apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois …

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Brixton Riots 1985

The 1985 Brixton riots, started on 28 September in Lambeth in South London. It was the second major riot that the area had witnessed in the space of four years, the …

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brixton riots 1981

UK Riots of 1981

The 1981 UK riots were spurred by police handling into the investigation of the New Cross fire where 13 young black people lost their lives as well as serious social …

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Jamaican settlers on the Empire Windrush

The Windrush Years – (1948-1998)

The arrival of the SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dicks, Essex in June, 1948 was a pivotal moment in British History. The ship carried 1,027 passengers from several Caribbean countries. …

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black people day of action new cross fire

New Cross Fire – 13 dead and nothing said!

On Sunday 18 January 1981 a fire broke out in a house in New Cross Road, Deptford, South East London, killing 13 people and marking a massive change for black …

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