By Lucy Pearson “‘we live […] in an age where television, radio, the press and the internet have rendered the secrets adults may wish to keep from children impossible to hide. […] Our best hope is to help them become fleet of mind, understanding, tolerant and above all, able to make decisions for themselves.’” Quote: […]
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By Helen King “there are books that make you laugh or cry, and there are books that change your way of thinking and your life.” Quote: Email from Dania, 25/11/12.Photograph: Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo as his sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs beside them. Sam Nzima, 1976. Sam Nzima’s photograph of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson,
By Karen Sands-O’Connor “Black BritishStan firm inna inglan,inna disya time yah…” Quote: Linton Kwesi Johnson, “It Dread Inna Inglan,” 1978. Image: Karen Sands-O’Connor, 2020. In 1978, Margaret Thatcher appeared on Granada’s “World in Action” programme to talk about her proposed policies should she win the election and become prime minister. Asked about immigration from the
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