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Andye was only in Paris for three days. On day one, she jumped aboard the Metro train that would change her life forever. It was September 2016. Andye, born in Haiti and brought up in the US, was 25 and finishing up a Master's degree in…

51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson is President Joe Biden's nominee for the supreme court and the acceptance of her candidature will be a feat the entire black race will celebrate for a while to come. Born in Washington and raised in…

In the immediate aftermath of World War Two, thousands of children were born to white German women and black American soldiers who were stationed in Allied-occupied Germany. The mixed-race infants were viewed with contempt by many…

In 1996, an African-American reverend called David Kennedy faced one of his biggest fights. A new shop had sprung up in Laurens, his small town in South Carolina, selling white supremacist memorabilia and housing a Ku Klux Klan museum. …

In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did exactly the same thing. Eclipsed by Parks, her act…

A pair of African-American cycling brothers have made history. Sitting on the hard shoulder on a searing hot day in California, Justin Williams was broken. Through a wobbly heat haze along the Pacific Coast Highway, he watched as…

Fritz Pollard Jr suffered from Alzheimer's during the final years of his life, but just before he died there was a moment of clarity. With his last words, spoken to his family in 2003, he said: "Don't forget your quest." That quest…

Jimmy Carter is a titan and the only surviving member of The Blind Boys of Alabama. He and four other blind boys came together when they were only 9 years and have made good and exciting gospel music for close to 80 years. Born to a…

Stephanie Summerville wanted a job after she had left university without completion and had just buried her late father who was her world. Upon returning to the family home in Evansville, Indiana, mid-west of the USA, and devastated by the…

Jazz Music, the genre that we hate to love. Over the years, jazz has been a musical style that has commonly been associated with African-Americans and despite the application of soulful notes and calming melodies, jazz is more of an…