WATCH: MARY CROSS: Singer Songwriter & Stylista is Classic Soul.
There are few artists who are the very definition of a generational talent. Mary Cross is one of…
Alice Coachman – First African American Gold Medallist
In London in 1948, Alice Coachman became the first African American to win a gold medal, when she…
Liverpool and the Slave Trade
The town and its inhabitants derived great civic and personal wealth from the trade which laid the foundations…
The Welsh abolitionists
The abolitionists were up against some formidable economic interests – and some of them even ended up getting…
Black Power, A Forgotten Ally and the Olympic Games
One of the most recognisable images of the 20th Century is the image of Tommie Smith and John…
Taíno: Indigenous Caribbeans
The Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late…
Arawak: Indigenous Caribbeans
The Taíno have been extinct as a distinct population since the 16th century, though many people in the…
Mary Wilson, One of the Original Members of the Supremes, Dies at 76
As a founding member of the Supremes, a key to the success of Motown Records, Mary Wilson died…
“It’s all about taking the initiative as you develop and grow…”
So what happens when you leave school and have absolutely no idea what you want to do? Like…
“I just knew an apprenticeship was the right path for me…”
“I was just getting by and I knew that things needed to change,” says Karl. “I knew that…
Bishop Wilfred Wood, The Church of England’s first black Bishop
Born in Barbados to Wilfred Coward and Elsie Elmira Wood, in Proute, St Thomas, Wood [later Sir Wilfred]…
WATCH: Queer. Black. British. Tracing LGBTQ+ Histories
Screening of the film and discussion: Beyond ‘There’s Always a Black Issue, Dear’ When the film, Beyond ‘There’s…
Anti-racism in Britain: Histories and Trajectories
Concepts of ‘race’ and racism are central to British history. They have shaped, and been shaped by, British…
Activism: Women and Black Power in the UK
The University of Westminster welcomes Leila Hassan Howe, a leading light in the British Black power movement of…
VIRTUAL Black History Children Workshop: Bernie Grant
Make History come to life with these Sankofa Sunday ‘Black Power: Great Black Leaders & Liberators’ children workshops…
Legendary African-Americans in London 1860s-1960s
Illustrated talk on some of the most famous, and least known, African-Americans who strolled London’s streets and fought…
Katherine Johnson: A Lifetime of STEM
Katherine Johnson loved to count. “I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up…
What was behind the Bristol bus boycott of 1963?
A spring afternoon in 1963. Eighteen-year-old Guy Bailey arrived on time for his job interview. Bailey was well…
Marching With Martin Luther King August 1963 … “I Have A Dream”
Against a backdrop of war wounds, in 1963 a divided Europe was still suffering emotionally from the devastation…
Bridgerton’s real Black History
Revealing the numerous real Black history references in the hit Netflix series, set in 1800’s England, with proof…
