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Black Britain

on BBC Two England

The last in the series looks back to 1981, when a fire at New Cross in London killed 13 teenagers. Black people blamed racists for the tragedy and protested at what they saw as police indifference. Today, parents of those who died want the case closed, but will their local community ever let them?

And in America, the Rev Jesse Jackson tells why he believes the introduction of the Proposition 209 law will end any progress gained by the civil-rights struggles of the sixties.

Plus Iyanla Vanzant talking about her book Acts of Faith, and Roni Size on how he used his Mercury Music Prize money to help budding musicians in Bristol.

With Rianna Scipio.
The series returns next autumn.

Contributors

Presenter:
Rianna Scipio
Interviewee:
Jesse Jackson
Interviewee:
Iyanla Vanzant
Interviewee:
Roni Size
Series Producer:
Maxine Watson

BBC Two England

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