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Claudette Colvin: The 15-year-old who came before Rosa Parks
In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by…
Foutanga Sissoko: The playboy who got away with $242m – using ‘black magic’
One day in August 1995 a man called Foutanga Babani Sissoko walked…
Barbara Blake Hannah: The first female black reporter on British TV
When British TV got its first female black reporter in 1968 some…
Alphonsine Cheusi: First female member of DRC’s constitutional court
In the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, men have always…
Justin and Cory Williams: The African-American cycling brothers ‘creating superstars’
A pair of African-American cycling brothers have made history. Sitting on the…
Michael Gunning: Jamaica swimmer’s rise in white-dominated sport
"I guess I'm known as the black, gay swimmer who wants to…
Ezekiel Mitchell, his love for American rodeo and its history of black athletes
Ezekiel Mitchell pauses for a moment when asked to describe his toughest…
Eddie Parris: The forgotten story of the first black footballer to play for Wales
The distinctive afro haircut. The evocative tramlined kit. It's easy to see…
Nels Abbey: ‘I was mistaken for a security guard at my first banking job’
"On my first day in my first banking job I was waiting…
Charmaine Coetzee: ‘I joined a gang because I wanted to belong’
Charmaine Coetzee is a former gang member from South Africa. She grew…
