Witness History: Black history
A podcast by BBC World Service
87 Episodes
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Civil rights swim-in
Published: 6/18/2025 -
Charleston church shooting
Published: 6/17/2025 -
King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical
Published: 3/11/2025 -
How bloodshed in Selma led to the US Voting Rights Act 1965
Published: 3/7/2025 -
Emperor Haile Selassie in Bath
Published: 9/10/2024 -
Waris Dirie
Published: 8/28/2024 -
Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home
Published: 4/24/2024 -
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
Published: 4/19/2024 -
The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion
Published: 2/9/2024 -
How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism
Published: 2/8/2024 -
Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star
Published: 2/7/2024 -
How a young mother was saved from death by stoning
Published: 2/6/2024 -
Queen of the 'fro
Published: 2/5/2024 -
The funeral of Nelson Mandela
Published: 12/15/2023 -
The Bristol bus boycott
Published: 8/28/2023 -
The Empire Windrush arrives
Published: 6/22/2023 -
Ming Smith makes history at MoMA
Published: 6/16/2023 -
Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer
Published: 3/6/2023 -
Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
Published: 12/19/2022 -
The Little Black Book survival guide
Published: 10/31/2022
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