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Civil Rights Movement

Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s Black Power salute stunned the world at 1968 Games

Sport

Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s Black Power salute stunned the world at 1968 Games

By Keanan Hemmonsbey

‘Fences’ – examination of the struggles and aspirations of black life resonates across time

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‘Fences’ – examination of the struggles and aspirations of black life resonates across time

By Merle A Williams

Book review: How Africa was central to the making of the modern world

Magazine

Book review: How Africa was central to the making of the modern world

By Lauren van der Rede

Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

Magazine

Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

By Aram Goudsouzian

‘The Final Revival of Opal & Nev’: A read that’s as thrilling as being at a rock concert

Magazine

‘The Final Revival of Opal & Nev’: A read that’s as thrilling as being at a rock concert

By Keith Bain

Fifty years after The March on Washington, a dream remains a dream

World

Fifty years after The March on Washington, a dream remains a dream

By J Brooks Spector

Remembering some of those for whom the bell tolled during 2020

South Africa

Remembering some of those for whom the bell tolled during 2020

By Shani Reddy

Newsdeck

Linda Brown, who helped end US school segregation, dies at 75

By AFP

Op-Ed: Martin Luther King’s path was not always triumphant

Politics

Op-Ed: Martin Luther King’s path was not always triumphant

By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

Selma, Alabama: Fifty years later, the march that's still not over

World

Selma, Alabama: Fifty years later, the march that's still not over

By J Brooks Spector

Op-Ed: The end of the Parliaments as we know it?

World

Op-Ed: The end of the Parliaments as we know it?

By J Brooks Spector

Elections and persistence of memory

South Africa

Elections and persistence of memory

By J Brooks Spector