Going Deeper

Malcolm X remembered on assassination anniversary

African American rights leader was assassinated on Feb 21, 1965 NEW YORK Sunday marks the 56th death anniversary of Malcolm X, a civil...

Martin Luther King Day 2021: Who was the civil rights leader and how is the holiday celebrated?

Each year Americans celebrate the life of the US civil rights movement’s best-known spokesman and leader on Martin Luther King Jr Day....

Black History Month: Mandela’s Life and Times

Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a...

Black History Month: Parliament and the British Slave Trade

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries Parliament significantly shaped the progress and development of the transatlantic slave system....

Black History Month: Ottobah Cugoano

The first African to demand total abolition Ottobah Cugoano, also known as John Stuart (c.1757 – after 1791), was an African abolitionist...