George Lamming: Barbadian and Caribbean Literary Icon
Three books are prominently displayed on his desk: William Shakespeare’s Othello, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth;…
Covering: Notting Hill Carnival
Instead, Notting Hill Carnival has become a gem in our social calendar because it has become our nations…
Keith Musaman Morton: Steelpan Evolutionist
I met with such an achiever, Keith Musaman Morton, producer of the film; Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution…
No Colour Bar, But A Baton Of Social Progress
This space, currently housing the exhibition: “No Colour Bar: Black British Work In Action 1960-1990” is fitting when…
Boris announces Black History Month celebration with African festival in Trafalgar Square
The free celebration follows on from the huge success of last year’s inaugural event and is sponsored by…
Community Heroes: Ricardo Robertson
What would follow would be the invention of an ingenious and personalised education programme which converted forty two…
Career Tips on How to Survive the Transition From Student to the World of Work
You’ve finished all your exams and all that’s left to do is to wait for your results. Bit…
LJMU Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Conference Wednesday 4th November 2015
The aim of the day is to review the past 5 years since the Equality Act 2010; the…
James Peters the 1st Black Rugby Player
James Peters (August 1879 – 26 March 1954) was an English rugby union player and, later, a rugby…
WATCH: Sheffield City Council
One of the first questions people have is whether they would be considered suitable to foster a child…
Equality Begins at Home
To steal a popular phrase, equality does begin at home, in the modeling that is demonstrated though how…
The History of AIDS in Africa
There is now conclusive evidence that HIV originated in Africa. A 10-year study completed in 2005 found a…
Dr John Anthony Roberts QC
And…. > The first known person of African ancestry to be the Head of his Chambers in England…
Bunny Neill: The First African Caribbean Member of the Inner Magic Circle
Bunny was born in Jamaica on 25 October 1933 and developed an interest in magic at an early…
Sislin Fay Allen Britain’s First Black Policewoman
Sislin Fay Allen was an inspiration for many when she became the Metropolitan Police’s first black female police…
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The vast majority of slaves transported to the New World were Africans from the central and western parts…
Life on board slave ships
Conditions on board ship during the Middle Passage were appalling. The men were packed together below deck and…
The Golden Girl Dame Shirley Bassey
Born in January 1937 in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, Dame Shirley Bassey was the youngest of seven children….
John Kent – the First Black Police Officer – 1837
However PC John Kent beat his record, as the son of a Caribbean slave who joined the police…
What Does Black History Month Mean To Me?
On this particular day, as my mother asked me what I learned during that day in school, I…
