A private funeral was held for George Floyd, two weeks after a Minneapolis police officer killed him by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s death sparked protests across th... Read more
George Floyd's death has sparked protests across the US. He was an unarmed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes as he told th... Read more
May 13, 2020 was an historic and emotionally charged day as the city of Philadelphia took time to commemorate the horrific bombing of the MOVE family compound 35 years ago by police. Read more
Fifty-five years ago today, Malcolm X was assassinated. The civil rights leader was shot to death on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. He was only 39 years old. Read more
Balloons and Chinese lanterns were let off in Coventry last night as friends and family of Sean Fitzgerald marked the one-year anniversary of his death. Crowds gathered at the grave of Mr Fi... Read more
Fred Hampton, the official chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and deputy chairman of the national BPP, was only 21 years old on Dec. 4, 1969, when he was brutally as... Read more
Representatives from Birmingham’s Irish community stood alongside relatives of the 21 people killed in the city by IRA terrorists as the region’s blackest night was remembered. 45 years on t... Read more
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She was the last woman hanged in the UK after being convicted of shooting her lover to death. And a director/producer in Los Angeles, and a cameraman/videographer, are teaming up to tell her... Read more
The sister of former paratrooper Christopher Alder who died in police custody 20 years ago says she "absolutely loves" a new graffiti tribute. The artwork is by well known Hull graffiti arti... Read more
Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was murdered to silence other human rights lawyers, his son has said. This week marks 30 years since Finucane was shot 14 times by loyalists in collusion with... Read more
