Harriet Martineau was a 19th century radical writer and campaigner. Stuart Hobday discusses her pioneering influence in history on 18 October at 6.00pm in 'Harriet Martineau: A Woman Living Ahead of Her Time.' Book tickets: https://t.co/LseyWPAfpg

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Fine cartoon donated by which sold at the which raised awareness about cartoonists persecuted around the globe. Money raised heading to rights campaigners . Thanks to and for staging the exhibition

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“Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man" is one of the oldest and most widely known surviving English nursery rhymes. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas D'Urfey's play “The Campaigners” from 1698

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Thomas Fuller, the slave with remarkable calculation power who was used by antislavery campaigners as a demonstration that blacks were not mentally inferior to whites.

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Earlier this week the statue of suffragist campaigner, Millicent Fawcett, was unveiled in Parliament Square. Discover more about the astonishing story of the 'Great Suffrage Pilgrimage' of 1913 in our talk on 11 May: https://t.co/nPmRChaP3o

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The late great Paul Robeson died in 1976- the American singer and actor became a prominent Civil Rights campaigner.
He was 1st black actor to play Othello in UK since Ira Aldridge in the 1800s.
More: https://t.co/vwXXKB5KTd
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Personal Branding Mishaps By The US Political Campaigners – Slogans Gone Wrong https://t.co/oSbUPDIzmR

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Feducci takes all! The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner promises to keep the pressure on! The Detective can be seen taking notes!

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campaigners have record of hostility to NHS say MPs -Govt must exempt NHS from TTIP
https://t.co/sMKs3uMEPE

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