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- 2015 Elections: 11 new BME MP’s make history
- 70th Anniversary of the Partition of India
- Black Church Manifesto Questionnaire
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- Briefing Paper: Ethnic Minorities in Politics and Public Life
- Civil Rights Leader Ratna Lachman dies
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- Gary Younge Book Sale
- George Osborne's budget increases racial disadvantage
- Goldsmiths Students' Union External Trustee
- International Commissioners condemn the appalling murder of Tyre Nichols
- Iqbal Wahhab OBE empowers Togo prisoners
- Job Vacancy: Head of Campaigns and Communications
- Media and Public Relations Officer for Jean Lambert MEP (full-time)
- Number 10 statement - race disparity unit
- Pathway to Success 2022
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- Rashan Charles had no Illegal Drugs
- Serena Williams: Black women should demand equal pay
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- The Colour of Power 2021
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- The UK election voter registration countdown begins now
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Archive 2017
Olaudah Equiano birthday celebrated for BHM
From: News16 Oct 2017
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Google Doodle decided to celebrate what would have been the 272nd birthday of Olaudah Equiano (1746-1767
OBV's role in the Race Equality Audit
From: News16 Oct 2017
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Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley writes in The Times newspaper:
The findings...
Thurgood Marshall subject of new film
From: News13 Oct 2017
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A new film chronicling the early career of one of the most important African-Americans in US history
Now we must act to unleash a deluge of untapped talent
From: News12 Oct 2017
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Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley writes in The Times newspaper
Race audit could result in new laws
From: News11 Oct 2017
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OBV were featured in an article in The Times newspaper yesterday.
I am the woman in the 'racist Dove ad'. I am not a victim
From: News11 Oct 2017
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Jon Daniel RIP
From: News06 Oct 2017
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Examples of Jon's work are at the bottom of the blog
Muslim photoshopped to spread fear
From: News06 Oct 2017
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Culture wars are a pyrrhic endeavour: they leave a sea of causalities and even the winners sta...
Racial Prejudice in Silicon Valley widens
From: News05 Oct 2017
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people of colour are still widely marginalized and denied career opportunities in Silicon Valley
Stop Muslim Baiting
From: News05 Oct 2017
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The five-year-old girl actually had a “warm relationship” with her Muslim carers









