20th Century

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(Original Caption) Chicago: Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Till, 14, who was found slain in Mississippi where he was on vacation, is near hysteria as she attends funeral services here. Till was found with bullet through head after two white men had kidnapped him.

American spotlight: how today’s protests echo historical outrage . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A slave in chains expressing the inhumanity of slavery with the words 'Am I not a man and a brother?', 1774. (Photo by Getty Images)

Britain and the slave trade . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A police officer uses his baton on a protester in Glasgow, 1919

1919: Britain’s red summer

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Frank Gillard pictured during a 1944 rehearsal for battle reporting

History hero Chris Mason chooses Frank Gillard (1908–98) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on statues "These ‘history wars’ over statues are really about something bigger: about different views of the past, and who controls it" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Podcast Website large Afua Hirsch

From Nelson to Churchill: challenging British heroes with Afua Hirsch . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Young Nazi supporters wave flags in the Saar territory in Germany, 1934. (Photo by Getty Images)

Nazi Germany: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Profumo in October 1962

Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. When Edward became king in January 1936, he was the darling of the nation. Yet when he abdicated in December 1936, few believed he was making the wrong decision. (Photo by Getty Images)

Love before duty: the story of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

Wrecked buildings in Los Angeles' South Central district following 1992 riots

The 1992 LA riots

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Two members of the BEF (British Expeditionary Forces)

Indian soldiers at Dunkirk . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The US cutter Spencer attacks U-boat U-175

The Battle of the Atlantic: why Britain almost lost to Hitler’s U-boats . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The British home has changed substantially in the past 300 years (Illustration by Ed Crooks)

The evolution of the British home: from the Georgian era to the present day

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Annie Gray photographed at her home in East Anglia (Photo by Ian Farrell)

Cooking for Churchill . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Members of 617 squadron, known as the Dambusters

Second World War

How successful was the Dambusters raid?