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When Brandt Jean offered forgiveness, then a hug, to the former police officer who walked into his brother’s apartment and fatally shot him, the gesture revealed a societal split. Some saw it as a powerful show of grace. Others saw it as a disappoint...

Not everybody shared the love 50 years ago when Linda Smith, a black Bermudian, tied the knot with Rudolf Stroble, a white German. Some people even sent back their wedding invitations. Others said the marriage did not stand a chance. “I feel like bei...

Former United States vice-president Joe Biden spent Sunday at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, speaking on the anniversary of a bombing there that killed four black girls in the middle of the civil rights movement. The candidate...

James Small started life in a staunchly Christian family in rural South Carolina. In his twenties he became an Imam working with Ella Collins, the sister of Malcolm X. At 74, he’s a Pan-African activist, scholar and speaker and a Yoruba priest. “God ...

Truth and reconciliation talks led by an antiracism charity will resume next month. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda urged people to attend the sessions at the Human Rights Commission for seven consecutive Wednesdays beginning on September 25. A ...

Dear Sir, It is interesting to note that an elected member of the sitting government is anxious to cement old relationships between African-Bermudians and Portuguese-Bermudians because English-Bermudians caused racial segregation within this once uni...

That July 18 was the 101st birthday of Nelson Mandela made it very appropriate to hold the prize presentation for the quiz of the 60th anniversary of the Theatre Boycott. This took place at One Communications’ Church Street venue, just across the st...

An epidemic of bullying and abuse of expatriate workers is to be tackled by a union chief. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said a survey at one large organisation with hundreds of employees had shown more than half ...

Young people who want social change should “try and convince people mentally and not physically”, one of the quiet heroes who ended segregation in theatres said yesterday. The Reverend Erskine Simmons, of Bright Temple African Methodist Episcopal Chu...

The island’s white-collar union is to hold a forum for expatriate workers to discuss problems with racism and xenophobia. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said: “In a recent survey conducted by one of Bermuda’s large...

Bermuda should have an annual celebration of the anniversary of the Theatre Boycott, one of the activists who ended segregation in cinemas and other public places 60 years ago said yesterday. Vera Commissiong, one of the quiet heroes who campaigned a...

The stories behind the 1959 Theatre Boycott and the quiet heroes who overthrew segregation are to be celebrated this weekend. Glenn Fubler, of the group Imagine Bermuda, asked families to learn about the Progressive Group, the secret orchestrators of...