This Is About All Of Us
In the Vice-Chancellor’s recent statement, Professor Van de Noort condemned the racist violence that led to the death…
Black History Features
Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Proclaiming a black nationalist “Back to Africa” message, Garvey and the UNIA established 700 branches in thirty-eight states…
Haile Selassie – King, God or Redeemer?
Think about Rastafari and you’ll immediately conjure images of the charismatic reggae master Bob Marley and his headful…
Time to prevent our UK police service morphing into a US-style police force
In the United Kingdom, the institution of policing is praised around the world for its service style of…
Statue campaign for dropped black player
Picked in 1925, Jack Leslie would have been the first black player to play for England, 53 years…
WATCH: Leah Music – ‘A Letter to the World’
At 16 years old, Leah Music has made a major impact over recent weeks after she shared an…
Dear British Black People,
Yes – as Boris Johnson strops about statues rather than people (echoing Trump’s formal defence of confederate statues…
BHM: More Than A Month
I now admit that whilst sensible on the surface, my comments lacked purpose, and a plan, and therefore…
The Colonization of Kenya
Little is known of the early history of Kenya’s interior, except that peoples from all over the African…
Race and Racism in English Secondary Schools a report by Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury and the Runnymede Trust
Despite widespread denials of the ongoing significance of race, racism continues to underpin key socio-political events and to…
Bristol and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
The slave trade was part of the network of trade which existed between Britain, West Africa and the…
Rastafari Culture
When one does this they run into many problems. This is because Rastafari is much more than a…
History of Jamaica
About 600 CE the culture known as the “Redware people” arrived; little is known of them, however, beyond…
#BlackEducationMatters .- Virtual Protest
On Saturday June 27th at 2PM BST, following our previous London Black Lives Matter virtual protest that enabled…
I’m not your n****: Young people launch hard hitting website on race
Today www.imnotyour.co.uk is launched, revealing the attitudes of a group of young Londoners, from Bollo Brook, West Acton,…
Brendon Batson recalls his younger years in England on National Windrush Day 202
My brother and I first came to England in April 1962, when I was nine and he was…
You Called and We Came: Remembering Nurses of the Windrush Generation
Contrary to popular belief the increased migration to England post war, was not solely the result of peoples…
Prince Charles sends a message to Britain’s Caribbean community on Windrush Day
Today marks the anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush in 1948, carrying hundreds of people from…
The government must grant indefinite leave to remain to all international health and care workers who have worked in the UK during the pandemic.
Today on Windrush Day (22 June), a national holiday to honour the British Caribbean community, the RCN is…
The Late James Berry – To Travel This Ship
The arrival of the SS Empire Windrush in June 1948 at Tilbury Dock marked the beginning of post-war…
