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Michael Abbensetts was first black British playwright commissioned to write drama series for UK televisionThe first black British playwright to be commissioned to write a television drama series in the UK is to be honoured with a blue plaque at his for…
President to sign proclamation on Tuesday for monument across three sites honoring Black teen who was lynched in 1955Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and kille…
Katherine Banks leaves role amid pushback over Kathleen McElroy’s work to promote diversity and inclusion in newsroomsTexas A&M University said on Friday its president had resigned, after the hiring of a Black journalist at one of the largest US ca…
Vice-president decries ‘extremist so-called leaders’ and says new teaching standards will rob children of knowing true US historyKamala Harris went to Florida on Friday to address the state board of education’s controversial new standards for Black his…
This August’s festival will mark 75 years since HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury DocksThe organiser of Notting Hill carnival has said the mistreatment of the Windrush generation is a “dark stain on our history”, as the world famous festival prepa…
Prosecutors look into GoFundMe collection set up by far-right commentator for officer whose action sparked nationwide riotsFrench prosecutors have opened an investigation into an online collection for a policeman who shot a teenager dead in a Paris sub…
Sayings such as ‘black mood’ or ‘whiter than white’ reinforce racist connotations, says Reframing Race initiativePhrases and words that link negativity with blackness and positivity with whiteness – such as “black mood”, “dark times” or “whiter than wh…
The no campaign plans to tap into the ‘unheard majority’ in Sydney, believing there is a bloc of socially conservative religious voters ripe for its messagesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news em…
Dedication of the 3-mile loop to Winston Walker comes after a push to make national parks more inclusiveAs a nature loving little girl, Jessica Newton never understood why the faces on information boards in the state and national parks she visited look…
Retirement from Rainbow PUSH Coalition follows several health problems in recent yearsThe US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to step down down as head of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded.The organisation announced on Friday that…