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Each week we looked at the music, politics and events that shaped a decade in black history.
Hear all five parts of 1Xtra's Black History Month

listen What happened in the 2000s
feature What happened in the 1990s.
feature What happened in the 1980s.
feature What happened in the 1970s.
feature What happened in the 1960s.


What happened in the 2000s:

  • Aaliyah dies in a plane crash in the Bahamas aged 22. Eight months later TLC band member Lisa Left Eye is killed in a car accident.

  • Dizzee Rascal wins the prestigious Mercury Music Prize for his album Boy In Da Corner, at 19 the youngest person to ever win it

  • At the Athens Olympics Kelly Holmes becomes the first British female to win two gold medals, is awarded the BBC sports personality of the year and is made a dame in 2005.

  • US TV host Oprah Winfrey becomes the world's first black woman billionaire.

  • Halle Berry became the first African American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her leading role in the film Monster's Ball.

feature What happened in the 1990s.
feature What happened in the 1980s.
feature What happened in the 1970s.
feature What happened in the 1960s.
 
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90s by year
19901991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The 90s in pictures
80s by year
19801981 1982 1983 1984
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The 80s in pictures
70s by year
19701971 1972 1973 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The 70s in pictures
60s by year
19601961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
More on bbc.co.uk
:: Civil Rights Movement
:: First Black Britons
:: Black British Literature
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:: Black Presence, Britain
:: Black film and television
:: Black History 4 Schools
:: 100 Great Black Britons

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