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Collector of images of the African Diaspora from the 1700s to the mid 20th century and African Art

Leslie Braine Ikomi collection

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


Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), standing on a stage in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, 1912.

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

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


Eric and Jessica Huntley 2000s_Huntley Archives at London Metropolitan Archives

Eric and Jessica Huntley

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


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Black History Month

2025 LISTINGS

Leicester Thursday 20 March

Mo Gilligan

Triple BAFTA winning stand-up sensation, Mo Gilligan, returns with his highly anticipated world tour… In the Moment.  …

Portrait, Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman. Photo © Ajamu
Cambridge Thursday 20 March

Undoing 2007; Preparing for 2038

How did transatlantic slavery end? What is our memory of how we got free—if we got free?  …

Bromley Thursday 20 March

Teaching Information Event

Join us for an informal chat about the different routes into teaching and the pathways available to gain Qualified Teacher Status…