2EJ522N Claudette Colvin (b.1939). Portrait of the pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement, taken in 1954. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. This occurred nine months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks, helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.

Claudette Colvin: The Teenage Revolutionary Who Ignited a Movement

In the spring of 1955, when the streets of Montgomery, Alabama, were still divided by the sharp lines…


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October Gallery in Bloomsbury, London, is hosting Nature Morte, the latest solo exhibition by Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, one…


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Black History Month

2026 LISTINGS

Salford Sunday 24th May 2026

Daliso Chaponda: Topical Storm

Join award-winning comedian and writer Daliso Chaponda as he brings his latest stand-up show Topical Storm to The…

Wolverhampton Sunday 24 May 2026

Judi Love: All About the Love

Judi Love returns to the stage with her latest stand-up show All About the Love, bringing her signature…

Liverpool Tuesday 26th May 2026

Black Women Speak Volumes

Black Women Speak Volumes comes to The Women’s Organisation in Liverpool for an evening of powerful storytelling, discussion…