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In 1959, Claudia Jones held a Caribbean party, planting the seeds for the famous carnival
The 麻豆社's first black producer, Una Marson, and the beginnings of the Caribbean Service
In 1985, a guide was written for young black men in the US who were stopped by the police
Manchester鈥檚 first racially inclusive nightclub
On 22 June 1948, the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in England
How a pioneering African-American journalist campaigned against lynching in the US
The black Florida teenager killed by a Neighbourhood Watch volunteer while buying sweets.
In 1967 an African American church minister began preaching that Jesus was black.
Only one Congresswoman voted against the 'war on terror'. Her name was Barbara Lee.
The black former soldier choked to death on the floor of a British police station in 1998
Shortly after his release from prison the South African freedom fighter toured the USA
One man's experience of the controversial US law that saw thousands locked up for life
People rioted in Los Angeles after police who had assaulted a black man were acquitted
When New York police shot a young immigrant 41 times, thousands took to the streets
In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman to be elected to the British Parliament
Desmond's was the most successful black sitcom in British TV history
In 1981 police used CS gas for the first time in mainland Britain to control race riots
After four white policemen were acquitted of killing a black man - Miami rioted in 1980
A nightclub in the British city of Birmingham was forced to lift its racial restrictions
The Guyanese historian and political activist Walter Rodney was killed by a bomb in 1980
In November 1978, the defender became the first black Englishman to play for his country.
The epic mini-series about slavery in the USA hit TV screens in January 1977
How anti-racists stopped a far-right march in South London in 1977.
In December 1976 gunmen tried to kill the legendary reggae singer at his home in Jamaica.
