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    As the sun sets on another US Black History Month, an anniversary of global significance was quietly commemorated that deserves so much more international recognition. In 2023, hip-hop, arguably...

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Back in the heady days of the famed Labour Party Black Sections rebellion in the 1980s, Diane Abbott was one of their most outspoken leaders. They were African Asian and Caribbean activists who ...

Zoom event to mark anniversary of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence’s murder

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Marc Wadsworth Thirty years ago, today, Black teenager Stephen Lawrence was murdered by racist thugs in South East London, in Britain. It became an international cause célèbre after, as fo ...
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International 21 March event to commemorate the Sharpeville MassacreMarc Wadsworth New research has proved that at least 80 people - many of them youths - were murdered by So ...
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