Episode 6: January 4th to January 10th: Desmond's, Cookie Crew and CARD: Campaign Against Racial Discrimination

04/01/2021 15 min Temporada 1 Episodio 6

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Topics covered:
January 4th 2011: Death of Ken Martindale, founder of Black British Heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/09/ken-martindale-obituary 
January 5th 1989: Desmond's debuts on Channel 4
https://britsandpcs.com/desmonds-successfully-depicting-black-british-lives-from-the-early-1990s/ 
January 6th 1993: The Chrystal Rose Show (first UK talk show hosted by a woman) debuts on Carlton TV 
https://madnewsuk.com/2019/01/20/black-britain-the-chrystal-rose-show-1993-1997/ 
January 7th 2004: Black Ambition - a show following 8 undergraduates at the University of Cambridge - debuts on BBC Two. 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/3324427/People-say-You-went-to-Cambridge.html 
January 8th 1970: Death of George Arthur Roberts - one of Britain's first Black firefighters
https://www.georgearthurroberts.com/
January 9th 1988: Rok Da House, a single featuring Cookie Crew (one of the UK’s most successful rap duos), peaks at #5 in the UK charts
http://musicrareobscure.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-crew.html 
January 10th 1965: CARD - Campaign Against Racial Discrimination launches 
https://www.runnymedetrust.org/histories/race-equality/55/campaign-against-racial-discrimination-card.html

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