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On 22 July 1967 the TV Times profiled 25-year-od Ruth Saxon. Ruth, from Manchester, was the first Black woman to appear as a regular interviewer on British TV, starting out on 'Scene.' bit.ly/4ymvTWy #BlackHistoryMonth
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'Six Premiers in Downing Street To-Day - What the Empire Council Means - Men Who Speak for 441 Million People - Abbey Ceremony - The Prince to Unveil Memorial to 1,000,000 Dead,' Daily Express, 19 October 1926 bit.ly/4zwXCoq #OTD #1926Newspapers
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In 1915 Jamaican-born 23-year-old Private James Slim made history when he became the first ever Black Guardsman, as he joined the 4th Coldstream Guards. He is pictured here by the Times of India, 14 April 1915, in Windsor bit.ly/3VCn51c #BlackHistoryMonth
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'Stalin as Despot Over Russia - Trotsky and Zinoviev Brought to Heel - Lenin's 'Will' on Deathbed - Present Dictator Indicted,' Westminster Gazette, 18 October 1926 bit.ly/4drGKHh #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Actress and singer Dame Cleo Laine had an extraordinary career in the performing arts - which the TV Times tracked - chronicling her perfomances alongside her striking outfits bit.ly/4hKkedR #SaturdayStyle #BlackHistoryMonth
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'America in an Ectasy of Queen Worship - New York Prepares for Queen Marie - 7 Women Detectives to Guard Her,' Daily Express, 17 October 1926 bit.ly/4hNJf84 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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The TV Times presents two different studies of the record-breaking Dame Shirley Bassey: one, glamoursly attired for her show at the London Palladium, 1960, and a more relaxed study at a 1964 recording session bit.ly/3VtZDTW #FridayFashion #BlackHistoryMonth
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The Illustrated London News, 16 October 1926, presents this striking photograph of the recently unveiled Deville Wood South African National Memorial alongside shell-torn tree-stumps, 'relics of the fighting' bit.ly/4hMJqk2 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Yr Amserau, one of our new titles this week, was founded in 1834 by William Rees. He was better known in Wales under his bardic name, Gwilym Hiraethog. Rees was a poet and an author, writing a book heavily inspired by Uncle Tom's Cabin bit.ly/47mpVtV #WeeklyTitles
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'Lord Oxford Resigns the Liberal Leadership,' Daily Mirror, 15 October 1926 bit.ly/47EKEsS #OTD #1926Newspapers
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In 1948 boxer Dick Turpin won the British middleweight title, making him the first Black boxer to win a British boxing title in the modern era. He is pictured here by the Birmingham Mail, 21 May 1940, shaking hands with another boxer bit.ly/4hM7Ytx #BlackBritishHistory
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'Labour Woman M.P. Attacks Her Leaders - Ellen Wilkinson on the Warpath - Labour Leaders 'Lacking in Fighting Spirit,'' Evening Despatch, 14 October 1926 bit.ly/4zhdcEF #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Five brilliant new titles join the Archive this week. In this week's blog, we explore highlights such as the Musical & Dramatic World and the Welsh-language title, Yr Amserau. Discover more here: bit.ly/47mpVtV #TuesdayTitles
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The Tatler, 13 October 1926, pictures Dame Caroline Bridgeman in conversation with Colonel the Hon. F.S. Jackson. Dame Caroline had just been appointed as the Conservative Conference's first ever woman chair bit.ly/47EVz5X #OTD #1926Newspapers
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In the 1960s Diana Phillip made history when she was appointed as Leeds's first Black magistrate. Phillip worked tirelessly to advocate for her community in Chapeltown and also for racial equality, Coventry Evening Telegraph, 25 Aug 1969 bit.ly/4hKgOrQ #BlackHistoryMonth
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'Government Accused of Supporting the Mine Owners - Bitter Attack at Labour Conference - Plain Speaking - 'If Miners Go Down We Are Shamed For Eternity,'' Leicester Evening Mail, 12 October 1926 bit.ly/477LP41 #OTD #1926Newspapers
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Have you ever heard of Tahia Ibrahim Belal? Best known as Princess Kouka, Sudanese-born Tahia travelled to Britain in the 1930s to film 'Jericho' alongside Paul Robeson - discover more in our special collection: bit.ly/3TtdcCr #BlackHistoryMonth
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The Daily Mirror, 11 October 1926, pictures the opening of the Delville Wood South African National Memorial in France bit.ly/3VYwnVm #OTD #1926Newspapers
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The TV Times pictures the iconic Eartha Kitt in a range of equally iconic outfits, as the actress and singer performed at the likes of the London Palladium bit.ly/46TFRDH #SaturdayStyle #EarthaKitt
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'Red Plot Against British Labour - Moscow's Plans to Discredit The Offical Leaders - Campaign of Abuse Against the Moderates,' The People, 10 October 1926 bit.ly/4hn51AO #OTD #1926Newspapers
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