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Over 50 years ago a white journalist tried living as a black man in America's Deep South.
How Mildred and Richard Loving fought to get mixed-race marriages legalised across the US
Ann Lowe designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress but for years few people knew her name
The African-American lab technician whose surgery helped save millions of babies..
How an African American soldier captured in the Korean war, decided to settle in China
Cells taken from an African American woman in 1951 revolutionised medical science
The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948
Growing up as a black child in post-war Germany
The stigma of growing up as a mixed race child in post-war Britain
How soldiers who had been relegated to support roles were asked to volunteer for combat
How a 14-year-old boy became the youngest person executed in the USA in the 20th century
The great West Indian cricketer who fought against racism in the UK
Robert Robinson, a black American engineer, spent 43 years in the USSR against his will.
In 1931, nine black teenagers were convicted of raping two white girls in Alabama.
The US government's experiment on a group of African-American men without their knowledge
In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris
Thomas A Dorsey is credited with developing Gospel music into a global phenomenon.
A woman who died in the US in 1940 was captured and enslaved in West Africa as a child
In 1916 Marcus Garvey arrived in the US urging black people to unite in a new nation.
Madam C. J. Walker was born to former slaves and created a black beauty business.
In the late 1800s thousands of African-Americans tried to emigrate to escape violence
The rebellion was brutally crushed, but it had a significant impact
