Mixed race marriage victory in US
Mixed race marriage victory in US
In 1958, a mixed-race couple, Mildred and Richard Loving, were arrested and then banished from the US state of Virginia ... Read more
8 Oct 2013
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Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
On 1 February 1960, four young black men began a protest in Greensboro, North Carolina against the racial segregation of... Read more
7 Oct 2013
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9mins
The Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode on buses, testing out whether bus stations were complying with t... Read more
7 Oct 2013
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8mins
Nelson Mandela's Autobiography
Nelson Mandela's Autobiography
This programme was first broadcast on 25 October, 2011 In the mid 1970s Nelson Mandela began writing his autobiograph... Read more
4 Oct 2013
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8mins
ANC Bomb
ANC Bomb
The armed wing of the ANC party took its first violent action in 1961, when a bomb was planted at municipal offices in D... Read more
4 Oct 2013
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9mins
Apartheid in the 1950s
Apartheid in the 1950s
A snapshot of the attitudes and emotions on both sides of the racial divide as the South Africa authorites cemented the ... Read more
2 Oct 2013
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9mins
The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
In 1948 nearly 500 pioneers travelled from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush. The passage cost £28, 10 shillings. Pas... Read more
1 Oct 2013
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9mins
US troops in Iraq
US troops in Iraq
US troops left Iraq earlier this month, well before their deadline of 31 December. We hear from one American soldier who... Read more
30 Dec 2011
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9mins
The Creation of Tetris
The Creation of Tetris
In 1984 one of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow.Hear from Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian who cr... Read more
29 Dec 2011
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8mins
Enid Blyton and the BBC
Enid Blyton and the BBC
The children's writer Enid Blyton, was one of the most popular authors of the 20th Century. Books such as her Famous Fiv... Read more
28 Dec 2011
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9mins