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The black former soldier choked to death on the floor of a British police station in 1998

Shortly after his release from prison the South African freedom fighter toured the USA

One man's experience of the controversial US law that saw thousands locked up for life

People rioted in Los Angeles after police who had assaulted a black man were acquitted

When New York police shot a young immigrant 41 times, thousands took to the streets

In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman to be elected to the British Parliament

Desmond's was the most successful black sitcom in British TV history

In 1981 police used CS gas for the first time in mainland Britain to control race riots

After four white policemen were acquitted of killing a black man - Miami rioted in 1980

A nightclub in the British city of Birmingham was forced to lift its racial restrictions

The Guyanese historian and political activist Walter Rodney was killed by a bomb in 1980

In November 1978, the defender became the first black Englishman to play for his country.

The epic mini-series about slavery in the USA hit TV screens in January 1977

How anti-racists stopped a far-right march in South London in 1977.

In December 1976 gunmen tried to kill the legendary reggae singer at his home in Jamaica.

The mathematicians who worked behind the scenes on the American space programme

How Lee Elder broke one of the last colour barriers in US sport in 1975

The great African-American jazz singer moved to West Africa in 1974.

It wasn't until 1974 that American Vogue put a black model on its cover for the first time

In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards

In August 1969, the first classical ballet company to focus on black dancers was formed

The revolutionary Black Panther Party provided free breakfasts for local schoolchildren.

Yvonne Conolly was appointed head of Ringcross Primary school in North London in 1969

Norwell Roberts endured years of racist abuse within the Metropolitan police