Rhoda Akaka, Student paramedic
Rhoda is a student paramedic. She was born in London after her parents moved from Nigeria to the…
Princess Tsehai (1919-1942)
From age eight Tsehai attended schools in England and Switzerland and would travel with her royal relatives to…
Dudley Thompson (1917-2012)
Born in Panama, Dudley’s father was a teacher who had come to the country for work purposes, and…
George A. Roberts (1891-1970)
He became one of the first black men to join the British Army when he was enlisted as…
Charles Wotten (1895-1919)
At the end of the war, Charles remained in Liverpool where the Black community had grown to 5,000…
WATCH: Black History Month – Proud To Be
Poem transcript: Each year throughout this month we celebrate Embracing each with pride and dignity The very wonder…
WATCH: Theatre Training Company launches Diversity Project to celebrate black history month
Stagebox, the award-winning theatre, TV and film training and management programme, is leading the charge for inclusivity in…
How to stay safe this Autumn, as experts warn of double-threat of Covid and flu
Scientists are warning of a particularly bad flu season while Covid cases surge. However, there are things we…
Angela Culhane – a personal view
Seeing my wonderful father-in-law, Tom, die from prostate cancer, was enough to convince me that something needed to…
Veteran Community Activist And Historian To Provide Analysis On Racism, Policing, Crime And Criminalisation Of African Youths
On Wednesday Oct. 27, community activist, historian and former university lecturer Bro Cecil Gutzmore will present Racism, Crime…
Vanitas Arts Celebrates ‘Hidden’ Black Suffragette with launch of brand new audio drama in Black History Month UK 2021
This podcast tells the story of one of the most important Black female activists in American history. An…
Nicole Brown, Nurse, Healthcare Assistant and Student Paramedic, 2016 – present
Identifying as British Caribbean (Jamaica and Barbados), all four of Nicole’s grandparents came to Britain in 1955 as…
Harold Sinson (1921- 2010)
In 1943, having been told by a friend that the RAF was advertising for people from the Empire…
David Clemetson (1893-1918)
This heritage meant that David Clemetson’s family was part of the elite in Jamaica which dominated the then…
Lionel Turpin (1896-1929)
He gave his address as Collingwood, North Shields. According to Lionel’s children, “He (Lionel) felt British. He was…
The reality is that there will be assumptions
I was born and raised in London, but my parents came from Eritrea in the late 80s during…
Walter Tull (1888-1918)
In 1908 Walter started a career in football when he was signed by east London amateur side Clapton,…
Just a shy young Black kid from Stevenage, who became a World Champion seven times with 100 Grand Prix Victories
As Sir Lewis Hamilton reached his 100th Formula One grand prix victory in Russia, his family will remember…
FILM REVIEW – The Harder They Fall
If you have been starved of your cowboy movies, then you will not be disappointed with Londoner Jeymes…
Diane Abbott Attends Jamaican Art Private View For Black History Month – and Seriously Rates ‘We Belong’ By Human Rights Lawyer-Poet and Artist, David Neita
Labour’s Diane Abbott, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington famously became the first black female MP…
