As British journalist and author, Reni Eddo-Lodge, writes, the US civil rights movement too often becomes “the story of the struggle against racism”.
- Professor in American Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle
It’s 200 years since the legendary African American abolitionist and ex-slave Frederick Douglass crossed the Atlantic and found freedom in northeast England.
Groundbreaking musician who inspired Elvis and The Beatles.
Black British history is too often overlooked, and its connections to the US even more so.
Was Elvis the ‘king of cultural appropriation’ or a tireless promoter of African-American music and culture?
From coast to coast, the 2016 election has torn up the usual order.
Every four years, voters in Florida are more in demand than almost any in the US. And this year they’re especially exhausted.
The ‘Jesus’ controversy is often considered a watershed moment in the Beatles’s career. And yet it remains largely misunderstood.
The US’s long history of inventive campaign soundtracks seems lost on this year’s contenders.
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