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Archive 2015
Whitening up for Black professors
From: News07 Jul 2015
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Students from the National Union of Black Students Campaign organised a demonstration where they whitened up their faces
40 years since Arthur Ashe's historic Wimbledon win
From: News07 Jul 2015
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Forty years ago, and it’s the day of the men’s Wimbledon final. I had been followi...
Crabs In A Barrel
From: News06 Jul 2015
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Not enough of us are raising our concerns about the disproportionate and increasing numbers...
Twitter US: Spot the Black Employee
From: News02 Jul 2015
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Among Twitter’s 2,910 employees in the United States, only 49 are African American. &...
Farron and Lamb: ‘I’ll be Race equality champion’
From: News02 Jul 2015
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On a hot sticky evening at Draper House, South London the two men fighting it out for the lead...
Greek bail-out crisis
From: News01 Jul 2015
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Greek bail-out crisis
Are you Lewisham's future leaders?
From: News30 Jun 2015
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Civic Leadership Programme
The Civic Leadership Programme is designed to help more peop...
What’s Behind the Confederate Flag?
From: News30 Jun 2015
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Today, Katie, the second of our two new US interns (in their first week with OBV) tells the story of the controversial, and at times divisive flag from U.S history.
Not my state, not my issue - or is it?
From: News29 Jun 2015
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One of our new US interns Alexandra Fox (Alex) started today, and has hit the ground running by writing this short opinion piece about her changing feeling about US politics as a UK visiting student.
Lib Dem leaders debate race inequality
From: News29 Jun 2015
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The Liberal Democrats have invited Simon Woolley, Co-Founder and Director of Operation Black Vote, to chair a Leadership Hustings








