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Four black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, hold the first sit-in (Corbis.)
20th Century

Timeline Key moments in the American civil rights movement

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Napoleon Bonaparte of France. (Hulton Fine Art Collection via Getty Images)
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Bad manners and a game of thrones: inside the court of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Edward IV of England. (GeorgiosArt via Getty Images)
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The secret intimacies of Edward IV: multiple marriages and a same-sex affair?

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Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix drama ‘The Crown’. (© Netflix)
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The real history behind ‘The Crown’ with Robert Lacey

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The global legacy of Martin Luther King

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Designer duo, husband and wife Robin and Lucienne Day, 1955. The pair “were perhaps the greatest British man and wife design team there has ever been”, says Wayne Hemingway. (Photo by Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo)
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Martin Luther King waves to supporters on the Mall in Washington DC during the March on Washington, 28 August 1963. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)
20th Century

Martin Luther King’s unfinished dream: the historians’ view

The ‘Princes in the Tower’
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The 5 greatest mysteries behind the Wars of the Roses

Biddenden Maids Cake. (Public Domain)
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Sisters of mercy: the Biddenden Maids

English actor Laurence Olivier as Richard III in a production of Shakespeare's play of the same name. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)
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Shakespeare’s best (or worst) villains

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