On August 28 1963, an interracial assembly of more than 200,000 people gathered peaceably in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial to demand equal justice for all citizens under the law. 

What was Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' speech about?

It was 75 years ago on Saturday, on August 15 1945, that Victory in Japan was declared.

The 'forgotten' veterans still fighting for their WW2 sacrifice to be remembered

A campaign for the removal of a statue of King Leopold II has been successful in the Belgian town of Ghent.

Who was King Leopold II and why is his statue being pulled down?

Calls to remove the statues which are linked to oppression, slave trade and white supremacy across the UK have been reignited.

Renewed calls for statues linked to slave trade and oppression to be removed

Campaigners have expressed anger at the commemoration of a several figures across the UK prominently involved in Britain’s slave-trade past.

Statues, buildings and streets across the UK that commemorate the slave trade

From an outright ban on "the promotion of homosexuality" to LGBT-inclusive education for all, how teaching has changed in thirty years.

How relationship and sex education is changing in schools to be LGBT-inclusive

The proud Cork man was a pioneer of fighter aircraft tactics in aerial warfare.

Victoria Cross winner Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock remembered in memorial service

Part of a statue of the Roman emperor Augustus was discovered on the farmer’s land in 2009.

German farmer awarded £687,000 for ancient Roman find

The marks were scrawled on entrances in order to protect the inhabitants and visitors from evil spirits.

Public encouraged to help record 'witches' marks'

SS United States once ferried presidents and Hollywood stars across the Atlantic, but preservationists warn it could now be sold for scrap.

Owners struggle to save historic ship from scrapyard

Over 250,000 images from 19th and 20th century Britain available in online archive.

Historic photographs of Britain go online

Documents released by the National Archive reveal how a suburban bank clerk became MI5's top agent among Nazi circles in wartime Britain.

Unassuming bank clerk infiltrated ranks of British Nazis

A bid to find the remains of King Harold II could dislodge the widely-held view that the Anglo-Saxon monarch died from an arrow to the eye.

Archaeologists to seek remains of King Harold II

Newly-released documents reveal how British spymasters used an enticing female agent to test the mettle of rookie spies.

Documents reveal WWII ploy to test spy recruits

Nearly one in five Britons thinks the country became involved in the First World War to stop the rise of Nazi Germany, according to a poll.

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