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

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