Witness History: Black history

87 Episodes

1. Civil rights swim-in

   Published: 18/06/2025
2. Charleston church shooting

   Published: 17/06/2025
3. King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical

   Published: 11/03/2025
4. How bloodshed in Selma led to the US Voting Rights Act 1965

   Published: 07/03/2025
5. Emperor Haile Selassie in Bath

   Published: 10/09/2024
6. Waris Dirie

   Published: 28/08/2024
7. Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home

   Published: 24/04/2024
8. Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight

   Published: 19/04/2024
9. The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion

   Published: 09/02/2024
10. How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism

    Published: 08/02/2024
11. Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star

    Published: 07/02/2024
12. How a young mother was saved from death by stoning

    Published: 06/02/2024
13. Queen of the 'fro

    Published: 05/02/2024
14. The funeral of Nelson Mandela

    Published: 15/12/2023
15. The Bristol bus boycott

    Published: 28/08/2023
16. The Empire Windrush arrives

    Published: 22/06/2023
17. Ming Smith makes history at MoMA

    Published: 16/06/2023
18. Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer

    Published: 06/03/2023
19. Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service

    Published: 19/12/2022
20. The Little Black Book survival guide

    Published: 31/10/2022