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US panel recommends $1-million reparations for slavery victims

The 1100-page document includes more than 100 recommendations on how to address the harms of slavery.

2 July 2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: Europe three years on from the murder of George Floyd

25 May 2020: George Floyd is murdered by a US police officer

25 May 2023

Culture news

David Starkey: 'White culture' under threat comments draw controversy

The British historian made the inflammatory speech at the National Conservatism conference in London, attracting condemnation and accusations of racist rhetoric.

17 May 2023

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Peaceful demonstrators in America call for justice for Tyre Nichols

Peaceful protests against police violence were held in several American cities as new videos were released showing officers beating Tyre Nichols three days before he died of his injuries.

28 January 2023

Culture news

Euroviews. Black History Month: why isn't it celebrated more across Europe?

October is officially Black History Month in the UK and Ireland. It's also celebrated in other European countries, but why is the concept not more widely recognised?

18 October 2022

Netherlands

Dutch king to stop using royal carriage over colonial criticism

The carriage features images of black and Asian people offering gifts to a seated young white woman.

13 January 2022

Art

Banksy designs t-shirts to help Bristol's Colston statue defendants

The world-famous street artist sold the design in stores across the city for £25 each to raise money for the four protestors charged with criminal damage over the disposal of a slave trader statue during a Black Lives Matter march.

13 December 2021

Culture news

George Floyd biography announced for spring 2022

Robert Samiels and Toluse Olorunnipa will author "His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice," covering Floyd’s life from his family history in the tobacco fields of North Carolina to his murder last year in Minneapolis by a white police officer.

11 November 2021

Tech News

'Every organisation is evolving': How the corporate world is changing

We speak with Sony's Tiffany Warren about what it was like climbing to the top of corporate American as a woman of colour.

25 June 2021

World News

Europe divided on taking the knee during EURO 2020 football tournament

Some teams support kneeling, while others say the gesture has become "meaningless" in the fight to tackle racism.

11 June 2021

USA

Tulsa massacre: Biden decries 'horrific' injustice in centenary speech

The US President said he had "come to fill the silence" about one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence.

2 June 2021

USA

US has 'a long way to go' on systemic racism, expert says

Family members and activists rallied in Minnesota to mark the day George Floyd was killed by police.

25 May 2021

United Kingdom

BLM activist Sasha Johnson in critical condition after London shooting

A vigil for Sasha Johnson will be held in Britain's capital on Monday.

24 May 2021

Europe

George Floyd: A year on, did Europe’s race protests change anything?

A wave of protests hit Europe following the murder of George Floyd in the US - but one year on, has anything changed?

24 May 2021

USA

George Floyd: Family and supporters mark one year since murder

Hundreds of people gathered for the rally in front of the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis where the Chauvin trial concluded a month ago, many carrying signs with pictures of Floyd, Philando Castile and other Black men killed by police.

24 May 2021

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world.

24 April 2021