Wednesbury, 1949 — Care and Arrival

Arriving in Britain from East Africa in 1949, they were among the first nurses from the region to…

Leicester, c. 1959 — At Work

Dressed in a shirt and tie beneath a worn apron, he works with quiet focus. The scene is…

Southampton, 1962 — Arrival

By 1962, journeys such as this were part of a longer movement of people from across the Caribbean…

Brighton, 1987 — In the Room Where Change Was Contested

Paul Boateng, Bernie Grant, Keith Vaz and Diane Abbott had entered Parliament only months earlier, part of a…

A scene from Amadeus, centre Lucian Msamati as Antonio Salieri with members of Southbank Sinfonia. Image by Marc Brenner

Leslie Braine Ikomi collection

My collection includes original Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian paintings and prints of the black and white working classes…

First Marcus Garvey Annual Pan-Africanism Presentation Photos

Click here to read High Commissioners Of Jamaica And Ghana Join In Marking The First Marcus Garvey Pan-Africanism…

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Washington was from the last…

Racist Attack on Huntley’s Bookshop

Eric and Jessica Huntley

Eric and Jessica Huntley, pioneering Black political and social activists and radical book publishers born in what then…