Has Martin Luther King's dream come true?
When I helped draft that 1963 speech, none of us imagined an African American president. But US society is far from post-racial... In 1963, I had a contentious meeting with Robert Kennedy.…
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Martin Luther King Day: 10 memorable MLK quotes
January 17th, 2011 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. The civil rights leader was also one of the most famed orators in American history. Here are a collection of 10 MLK quotes. …
Landmark court case against police racism
December marks the 40th anniversary of the start of Britain's most influential black power trial, Mangrove Nine, itself a landmark event in the "irresistible rise of multiracial Britain"..…
Poverty is more likely cause of mistrust than race
Research finds no evidence that levels of trust and co-operation are highest in the most ethnically homogenous neighbourhoods .... Poverty and gross inequalit…
WikiLeaks: Race riots reflected a backward Britain
American embassy cable from 1980s says turmoil showed a nation failing to come to terms with its changing population... The race riots across British cities in 1985 inspired the then US a…
William Wilberforce 'condoned slavery', Colonial Office papers reveal
Author claims abolitionist compromised to save act Rescued slaves forced into unpaid 'apprenticeships' As the great anti-slavery campaigner and Christian statesman hero, William Wi…
Better Education But Worse Job For Minorities
Recent research by Christian Dustmann and Nikolaos Theodoropoulos from the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at University College London, published in Oxford Economic Papers, found t…
