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Back to SearchSanctuary Cities in the USA
This week how American cities like San Francisco became safe havens for undocumented immigrants, the story of Tilikum and first recorded killing of a…
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The End of Apartheid
Former South African police minister on ending apartheid, eyewitness to Black Hawk Down, landmark sexual harassment case in India, the last South Am…
9 years, 1 month ago
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy
On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. They erected a beach umbrella on the grass an…
9 years, 2 months ago
Roots - The TV Series
The epic mini-series about slavery in the US hit TV screens in January 1977. We hear from actor Leslie Uggams, who played the character Kizzy, recall…
9 years, 2 months ago
Princess Diana's Minefield Walk
In 1997, the Princess of Wales made a high-profile visit to a landmine clearance programme in Angola. Her trip is credited with boosting the campaign…
9 years, 2 months ago
American Communists
The early American Communists, a North Vietnamese tunneler who helped outsmart the Americans and win the war in Vietnam, plus the pyramid scheme fail…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Break-Up of the Soviet Union
December 1991 saw the end of 70 years of communist rule and the collapse of the Soviet Union. We hear from two of the key signatories of the dissolut…
9 years, 2 months ago
Death of an Anarchist
The controversial death in police custody of Italian anarchist, Giuseppe Pinelli, the Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett how Greece and Tur…
9 years, 3 months ago
Yoyes, ETA's female icon
The life and untimely death of a Basque separatist fighter, resisting the Nazis in Lithuania, a medical breakthrough that prevented babies from dying…
9 years, 3 months ago
100 Women History Hour
A special edition of the programme remembering some of the women that history has overlooked. From women warriors to women scientists. From rural wom…
9 years, 3 months ago