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Ravers, Rastas and rugby league stars: why the story of Black British culture is about more than just London

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
They’re Black and British ... A Black dancer at a northern soul event at Wigan Casino in 1978 ... Just as I was finishing my book, new research was released showing that 50% of Britons couldn’t name one Black British historical figure.
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SOUNDSCAPE: BLACK MUSIC AND COVID

Dawn 23 Mar 2025
Five years ago, at the start of 2020, I was looking forward to the publication of my book, Terraformed. Young Black Lives in the Inner City, and eagerly anticipating a long-awaited holiday to Jamaica.
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Four Women Who Hated Identity Politics

The American Spectator 23 Mar 2025
Her 1943 book, “Discovery of Freedom,” earned her the title “mother of libertarianism.” During World War II, she found a receptive audience as a columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of America’s most prominent black newspapers.
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The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
Oakland, California, is often treated as a city on the margins, best known for its struggles with poverty and gun violence, as well as for its history of radical Black activism. But a new book, The ...
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The Science of Racism: racism exists, and science has proven it

The Irish Times 22 Mar 2025
The book begins with a crucial observation about the lack of agreement about the relevance of racism ... The book is packed full of scientific data on how racism affects all aspects of black people’s lives, from birth to death.
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Giddy up! This horseback adventure should be made into a movie

The Times/The Sunday Times 22 Mar 2025
From Follyfoot to My Friend Flicka, and from The Black Stallion to Jill’s Gymkhana, the ultimate fantasy in children’s books has always been owning a pony, or ideally, going on a mildly dangerous, ...
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A Place In The Sun's Jean Johansson says she was reduced to tears after being ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
'And in those days it was like, "not tall enough, not white enough, not black enough, too fat, too small, too thick", and they just told you, and you left the room with your book and went to the next casting.
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Cambridge causes bitter row by linking scientists such as Stephen Hawking to slavery

The Daily Telegraph 22 Mar 2025
The book created for the exhibition, which also begins with a trigger warning about “violence against black people”, contains a number of academic contributions on the slave trade.
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Redlands library has new books to celebrate Women’s History Month

Redlands Daily Facts 22 Mar 2025
These books at the Redlands library can help you get crafty ... New book kits at Redlands library focus on STEAM and mental wellness ... Redlands library honors Black History Month, shares new books on slavery and its generational effects.
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds plan to skip the Met Gala this year amid Justin ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
Tailoring Black Style ... Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion. Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, according to Vogue.
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Sister cities find inspiration amid the current chaos: Commentary

Foster's Daily Democrat 22 Mar 2025
The book was rich with sensitive topics - being Black in America; learning to understand and accept a grandchild; their individual search for identity ... Trust was the bottom line at this book signing and it paved the way for genuine conversation.
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Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter sells just ONE copy a day of her grief book, ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter sells just one copy of her new grief book which has plunged to 156,274th spot on Amazon's charts. Hannah Ingram-Moore’s self help book called Grief ... Mrs Ingram-Moore’s self help book called Grief.
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Library Lines: Contra Costa branches to observe National Library Week

East Bay Times 22 Mar 2025
Celebrate Black Children’s Book Week in Contra Costa ...Bundle Up with Picture Books’ this January at Contra Costa branches ... Día is a commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures.
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The Danger of a Too-Open Mind

The Atlantic 21 Mar 2025
But America’s failure to accommodate Black children in predominantly white schools, combined with the continuing lack of resources in largely Black schools, led Rooks to conclude in her book that ...
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