Category: 20th Century
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Josephine Baker: flapper girl, spy, and civil rights activist
Reading Time: 3 minutes With her slicked-down hair, smoky eyes and dark lips, Josephine Baker was the epitome of the 1920s flapper girl. She became the world’s first internationally recognised African-American entertainer.
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A history of London Underground seat patterns
Reading Time: 3 minutes You might have noticed that rough, patterned fabric your bottom graces if you’re lucky enough to nab the last seat on the London Underground. But did you know that this fabric is called ‘moquette’, and that it has an entire history…
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Sam Cooke: music, mystery and murder
Reading Time: 3 minutes Aged just 33, Sam Cooke, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, and civil rights activist was shot and killed on the 11th December 1964. His legacy has been described as ‘complicated’ due to the murky circumstances that surround his death. But what really happened…
