In 1973, a fashion show was held in France which became known as the Battle of Versailles, a duel between... more

Rosa Parks was brought up in Alabama during the Jim Crow era, when state laws enforced segregation in practically all... more

Lucha Reyes was one of Peru’s greatest singers. She was born into poverty in 1936 and fought terrible health problems... more

In March 2002, a young Nigerian Muslim woman was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and conceiving a child... more

In May 1986, 16-year-old Charlotte Mensah went to work in the UK’s first luxury Afro-Caribbean hair salon, Splinters.In London’s glamorous... more

On 15 December 2013, South Africa held the funeral of Nelson Mandela who led the struggle in defeating apartheid and... more

Sixty years ago, there was a boycott of local bus services in the English city of Bristol. The bus company... more

The Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in England on 22 June 1948 with 802 people on board from the Caribbean.The... more

In 1979, The Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA) purchased photographs from an African-American woman for the first time in its... more

In 1995, Octavia E Butler became the first author to receive a MacArthur “genius” award for science fiction writing. From... more