Mixed race marriage victory in US
In 1958, a mixed-race couple, Mildred and Richard Loving, were arrested and then banished from the US state of Virginia for breaking its law...
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20 of 259 episodesGreensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
On 1 February 1960, four young black men began a protest in Greensboro, North Carolina against the racial segregation of shops and restauran...
The Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode on buses, testing out whether bus stations were complying with the Supreme Court rul...
Nelson Mandela's Autobiography
*** This programme was first broadcast on 25 October, 2011 *** In the mid 1970s Nelson Mandela began writing his autobiography in prison, on...
ANC Bomb
The armed wing of the ANC party took its first violent action in 1961, when a bomb was planted at municipal offices in Durban. Ronnie Kasril...
Apartheid in the 1950s
A snapshot of the attitudes and emotions on both sides of the racial divide as the South Africa authorites cemented the foundations of Apart...
The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
In 1948 nearly 500 pioneers travelled from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush. The passage cost £28, 10 shillings. Passenger Sam King desc...
US troops in Iraq
US troops left Iraq earlier this month, well before their deadline of 31 December. We hear from one American soldier who remembers when they...
The Creation of Tetris
In 1984 one of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow. Hear from Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian who created it, and Henk...
Enid Blyton and the BBC
The children's writer Enid Blyton, was one of the most popular authors of the 20th Century. Books such as her Famous Five series were read b...
The release of Sakharov
In December 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow. He had spent seven years in internal exile. His relea...
The sinking of the Scharnhorst
She was one of Germany's greatest battleships during World War II. But on Boxing Day 1943 she was sunk in the freezing waters of the Arctic....
The Christmas Truce
On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting. Many of them left their trenches and started to tal...
Billy Graham
As we approach Christmas we look back at the turning point in the career of the world's most famous evangelist - Billy Graham. He's preached...
Concert for Bangladesh
In 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison. He did it to raise money for refugees from the Bangl...
The British Miners' strike
Christmas 1984 was a difficult time for British miners who had been on strike for nine months. They had taken industrial action to try to sa...
Spice Girls
In 1996 the Spice Girls were at the top of the charts. Their brand of cheeky British pop had taken the world by storm - they called it 'Girl...
Bangladesh wins independence
In 1971, Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan after nine months of war. Kamal Hossain, a leading political figure, was jailed during th...
Kazakh uprising
In December 1986 Kazakhs began protesting against Moscow's rule. The young demonstrators were objecting to a Kremlin decision to put a Russi...
Manuel Noriega
As the former leader of Panama, Manuel Noriega faces charges of murder in his home country we take you back over 20 years to the moment he w...
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