Witness History: Witness Black History
By BBC World Service
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When Emperor Haile Selassie lived in exile in England
In 1936, the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie was exiled in Bath in the UK -
Waris Dirie: Destined to be famous
In 1987, Waris Dirie had her first photo-shoot and became a supermodel sensation -
Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home
The campaign to return Sarah Baartman to South Africa nearly 200 years after her death -
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
The first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion -
The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion
In 1973 a fashion show was held in France which the media dubbed the Battle of Versailles -
How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat helped end segregation in the United States -
Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star
She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru’s greatest singers -
Queen of the 'fro
In 1986, Charlotte Mensah went to work in the UK's first luxury Afro-Caribbean hair salon -
The funeral of Nelson Mandela
In 2013, South Africa's first black president was buried in his ancestral village -
The Bristol bus boycott
How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws
