Saladoid: Indigenous Caribbeans
Saladoid culture is a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of territory in present-day Venezuela and the Caribbean that flourished from 500 BCE to 545 CE. Concentrated…
BT Partners with Rio Ferdinand Foundation to Kick start young peoples’ careers
The two organisations will work together with partners from the national 5 Star Active partnership to provide mentoring…
Guanahatabey: Indigenous Caribbeans
The Guanahatabey (also spelled Guanajatabey) were an indigenous people of western Cuba at the time of European contact. Archaeological and historical studies suggest…
Nina Simone: Singer, Songwriter, Civil Rights Campaigner
Born to a Christian family on February 21st, 1933; Nina was the sixth child to a North Carolina…
Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and Womens Rights Campaigner
Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, Truth was born into slavery to the Baumfree family in Swartekill, Ulster County,…
Phillis Wheatley: The First Published African-American Poet
Phillis Wheatley (original birth-name unknown) was born somewhere in West Africa sometime during 1753. The exact place and…
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL HITS LONDON’S SHAFTESBURY THEATRE
Motown the Musical has been a huge hit on Broadway, are you excited to bring the show to…
BAFTA Launches 2016 Young Game Designers Competition
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the call for entries for the 2016…
Angela Davis
Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Scholar, Political Activist and Author who emerged as a prominent counterculture activist…
Black Studies Adrift in Academe
For the twenty-first year running blue-collar workers, council officials, retirees, and school children will be organising or attending…
BHM 365: Black History Month For February
Whilst we as a nation do not celebrate Black History Month in February, across the Atlantic, it is…
Three heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle visit the Black Cultural Archive in Brixton
Ahmed Kathrada and Denis Goldberg were sentenced to life imprisonment. The three of them served 74 years in…
WATCH: The latest trailer for Jesse Owens’ biopic ‘Race’ is here
Now Owens is being immortalised in a different way, with “Selma” actor Stephan James playing him in the…
Career Pathway programme launched across schools in Lewisham and Greenwich
Funded by the Big Lottery Fund (Reaching Communities), the programme will run for 3 years and provide advice,…
Eight universities recognised at launch of new Race Equality Charter
Eight universities recognised at launch of new Race Equality Charter as Minister applauds this ‘welcome step’ towards diversity…
Working for more diverse force at Merseyside Police
Merseyside is a metropolitan police force as Liverpool is a major city. They have 4,000 Police Officers on the…
Frances Cress Welsing: Unified Field Theory
Unified Field Theory, or as Welsing described it ‘Unified Field Theory Psychiatry’, is Welsing’s take on a broader…
Open Generation Photography Competition 2016
Open Generation has partnered up with Autograph ABP for a second year of the photography mentorship programme for…
BBC Journalism Trainee Scheme opens for applications
The BBC’s Journalism Trainee Scheme is the flagship journalism entry and training scheme run by the BBC Academy….
Getting a Lucky Break in the Film Industry
It’s a small and competitive industry and the key to success is ensuring that the right people…
