If we take on a personal commitment to the truth, we could make Philadelphia the last American city that has to mark the day it destroyed a Black community.
Tributes & Remembrance
Event Report : Official unveiling of the Cherry Groce Memorial
At long last The Cherry Groce Foundation has unveiled the Cherry Groce Memorial on Sunday 25 April 2021. The structure was designed by world-renowned architect Sir David Adjaye OBE.
Stephen Lawrence Day 2021 : Remembered 28 years on…
Stephen Lawrence Day was first celebrated in 2019 and takes place annually on 22 April, the date of Stephen’s death. The Day is marked officially in the British calendar as a celebration of Stephen’s life and legacy.
In Remembrance – Malcolm X : ‘One Night in Miami’
It is one of the most famous moments in sports history: the February 1964 match when a braggadocious 22-year-old named Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston in Miami Beach to win the world heavyweight boxing championship.
The key events surrounding the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974
21 people were killed in the 1974 bombings. Here is a timeline of events from 1974. Days before the 46th anniversary, West Midlands Police arrest a man in Belfast, in connection with the blasts..
Sojourner Truth: The forgotten history of the slave who fought for women’s rights
Sojourner Truth was a lot of things. She was a slave. A mother. A wife. An activist. A preacher. A woman who wasn’t afraid to stand up for what she believed in, regardless of the consequence.
UFFC Rally 2020 : Memorial family event takes place online
In October 2020 the United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) annual protest & rally moved online with a powerful video tribute that remembered the victims and heard from some of the families affected.
When Steve Biko the man died, Biko the martyr was born
In a month when South Africans are observing the 43rd anniversary of the controversial death in police custody of Steven Bantu Biko, there seems to be a vital need today for leaders of his calibre.
