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Second World War

Is The Six Triple Eight a true story? The real WW2 history, as told by the movie’s historical consultant

A mural in Bristol of activist Roy Hackett, one of the primary organisers of the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott (Photo by Steve Taylor ARPS/Alamy Stock Photo)

Hakim Adi | “Racism in Britain has a long history – but so does anti-racism”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "Many are turning against prejudice. But we cannot be complacent". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King George V crosses a river in Nepal, 1912. “Historians have moved the discussion on empire in all sorts of directions over many years,” says Bronwen Everill. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The challenge of writing histories of the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s war on the slave ships: how the Royal Navy policed the Atlantic in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastInside a Jim Crow asylum. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jason Okundaye (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Jason Okundaye on the Black gay community and its tensions: “The movement has always been a broad church”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Huey P Newton sat at an event.

Is The Big Cigar true? The real story of how a fake Hollywood film helped Black Panther Huey P Newton escape the FBI

An African samurai: the tall, strong African man who acquired the name Yasuke in Japan was at first an object of curiosity but soon became a prized samurai warrior serving a powerful warlord in the violent intrigues that wracked the country during that volatile era. ((Illustration by Lynn Hatzius for BBC World Histories)

Who is Yasuke? The true story of the African who became Japan's first black samurai

Zeinab Badawi (Photo by Jamie Simonds)

Zeinab Badawi on writing the history of a whole continent | “It is important to look at African history through the lens of African people themselves”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

OJ Simpson confers with lawyers during his murder trial

What the OJ Simpson trial revealed about modern America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An African perspective on the history of Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Being Black and gay in postwar Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British author Sathnam Sanghera poses for a photograph in Hampstead

Sathnam Sanghera on the legacy of empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real Shirley Chisholm in 1974 and the Regina King in Netflix film 'Shirley'

Is Netflix’s Shirley a true story? The real history behind Chisholm's astonishing achievements

Video podcastLife of the Week: Frederick Douglass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Regency Masterclass, with Dr Lizzie Rogers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

VideoSlavery and abolition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Regency quiz – week four. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastAmazing Grace: a story of salvation and slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Amazing Grace: a story of salvation and slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin: the quiet force behind the March on Washington

Fighting racism in postwar Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Disease killers: the black nurses who conquered TB. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on the ongoing legacy of slavery"Slavery’s effects are still working themselves out in our lives today". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Is black history still being overlooked?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "Britain’s first black editor achieved so much in such a short life"

Pupils at a primary school in London

Are black histories still being overlooked?

Martin Luther King speaks in front of microphones, during the March on Washtington

"I Have A Dream": the speech that America couldn’t ignore

Sierra Leone in the mid-19th century – houses and people walking past.

Recaptive Number 11,407Piecing together the life of a freed slave