Exclusive: Reversal comes after backlash from students and writers including Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo Goldsmiths, University of London, will keep its Black British literature course …
Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video showing white state troopers …
The 2024 Met Gala prompted a plethora of looks with biotic cues and historic silhouettes, Kaleigh Werner writes. But in general, the looks formed more …
The shocking incident was captured on video last week, and showed a white student, a counter-protestor, jumping up and down, hooting like a monkey toward …
Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England figures highlights structural inequalities and cultural attitudes to mental health, expert says ‘Stark disparities’: why black mothers are more at …
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Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman
In 1976, Truman Capote published a short story in ‘Esquire’ that destroyed his friendships with New York’s elite and damaged his literary reputation. As a …
The director and stars Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan and Jack O’Connell talk to Craig McLean about auditioning, shooting in Camden, and why we shouldn’t be …
More than 800 performers sign letter of solidarity after Francesca Amewudah-Rivers was targeted online More than 800 predominantly Black female and non-binary actors have signed …
Exclusive: Speaking to The Independent’s Nadine White, Simeon Green and Precious warns that a lethal combination of ineffective medical care, distrust in healthcare systems and …
Black and ethnic ambulance staff twice as likely to suffer discrimination, report reveals, as a third of NHS staff overall face bullying and harassment.
The UK knows ‘shockingly little’ about Black British history. And more than half the population could not name any Black British historical figures at all. …
Black History Month is a time for honouring Blackness within a society that broadly still questions the legitimacy of doing so. Nadine White writes of …
Eyewitness testimony in the continuance of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis has starkly contradicted the picture the officers’ …
The Independent celebrates musical pioneers including Millie Small, Tricky, Roots Manuva and Tippa Irie, rappers Kano, Stormzy and Little Simz, and s vocal talents such …
Obscurity of Lucius Blake emblematic of erasure of minorities from early British film history, says researcher Look up the actor Lucius Blake on IMDb and …
Hundreds of events lined up for October, with focus on role black women have played in shaping British history Black History Month launches with hundreds …
A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama after federal judges ruled the state must provide greater representation …
Governing body suppressed personal apology from judge in question following incident 18 months ago Gymnastics Ireland suppressed a personal apology letter to young gymnast whose …
Loud explosions can be heard as a fire engulfs a golf ball manufacturing factor in southern Taiwan’s Pingtung County, killing at least five people and …
Latest high-profile attack on Russian forces based on annexed peninsula targets base in Sevastopol Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates A Ukrainian missile attack has …
British athlete was travelling with Ricardo dos Santos and their baby when ‘aggressive’ police handcuffed and searched them “Aggressive and confrontational” Metropolitan police officers stopped …