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Jeremiah Dill will be represented by a King’s Counsel to seek a Privy Council appeal

Campaigner against segregation helped organise a protest that turned into a movement

Residents are invited to celebrate the life of the civil rights campaigner the Reverend Martin Luther King at an event at the Anglican Cathedral on Monday. Local organisations will also be recognised for their efforts in “taking up MLK’s baton” and t...

Dear Sir, I read with keen interest Glenn Fubler’s piece in the paper that covered the event that Dale Butler’s Atlantic House Publishing organised to honour the Reverend Kingsley Tweed a few weeks ago. Once again Dale Butler delivered -- consistent ...

The picture with this article includes Izola Harvey, Progressive Group member; Kingsley Tweed, honouree and Ottiwell Simmons, former president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, posing at the conclusion of the event organised by Dale Butler and Rotimi...

Charles Melvin Sherrod died on Tuesday at the age of 85 in Albany, Georgia, a place he went to in 1961 and never left. If you are not from southwest Georgia, his name may not be familiar. But Charles Sherrod is the most important civil rights figure ...

A raft of decisions made by Bermuda’s employment tribunal have finally been made public — more than a year after a change in the law required their disclosure. But the parties involved in the disputes have been anonymised, meaning employers found to ...

Bermuda’s marriage equality controversy is expected to feature in a debate in the UK’s House of Commons. Crispin Blunt, a Conservative backbencher, has secured a parliamentary slot for a discussion of LGBT rights in Britain’s Overseas Territories. Mr...

The importance of data privacy rights will be marked at a weeklong series of events this month. Alexander White, the Privacy Commissioner, said the events were organised to coincide with Data Protection Day next Friday. Mr White said: “We have create...

“How long? Not long”, a speech by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr made on the steps of the State Capitol of Montgomery after the Selma to Montgomery march. Since that speech, how many times has that question borne relevance? Do we see an end t...

The “Queen of Bermuda” is to organise two events around a beach party to celebrate Bermuda’s LGBT people. Mark Anderson, the man behind Sybil Barrington, will put on drag performances tonight – either side of Pride Bermuda’s celebration at Cooper’s ...

Bermuda Pride is to throw a beach party to celebrate the island’s LGBT people and supporters. The organisers of the group said: “The founding principles of Pride are community and togetherness. “Whilst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has meant that w...