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In the late 1930s, African-Americans found more equality on the front line of a foreign civil war than they could on the front row of a bus in Alabama. When it comes to the start of the desegr … read more

History counts Simón Bolívar - born today in 1783 - as one of its great winners. That's a fair point. Bolívar - 'South America's George Washington' - did win countless battles in his long … read more

On this day in 1976, the schools of Soweto were empty. It wasn't a weekend or a bank holiday. The black students of the township in southern Johannesburg were on strike. A few weeks earl … read more

Hammersmith in West London was a bit of a melting pot for artsy types around the turn of the twentieth century. The revolutionary English socialist, William Morris, made his home there. So did … read more

"To the Memory of Private Biggs and Private Piggen. Executed like their Leveller Colleagues at Burford by Forces Loyal to Cromwell." - Plaque at Gloucester Green, Oxford I spent three yea … read more