John Kent – Britain’s First Black Policeman
The dates of John’s police career are surprising, 1835 to 1846. The story began with John’s father Thomas…
Black History Features
Recruitment group Robert Walters launches national art award with Saatchi Gallery & UK Young Artists
The inaugural Robert Walters Group UK Young Artist of the Year Award in partnership with Saatchi Gallery and…
Siobhan Aarons, Chair of Conservative Friends of the Caribbean
I was born and raised in the city but still people will often ask where I am ‘really’…
WATCH: Empire of Cricket the story of West Indies Cricket
Empire of Cricket looks at the story of the West Indies. and west Indian cricketing heroes have always…
WATCH: The ground-breaking work of Faith Ringgold is celebrated in an exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, her first in a European institution.
The ground-breaking work of Faith Ringgold is celebrated in this exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, her first in…
CARLOS ACOSTA WINS CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARD 2018 FOR SERVICES TO THE ARTS
Acosta thus becomes the third dancer to win the high distinction of the UK scene. Previously it had…
A Tribute to Andrea Levy, by Sir Lenny Henry
I wanted it to go on forever. That’s the thing about Andrea Levy’s work – when you’re dug…
De Montfort University – Leading the way in Diversity and Equality
Last year DMU became the first higher education institution in the UK to have the prestigious Race Equality…
WATCH: Amazing Grace: Why Aretha Franklin movie lay hidden for 50 years
An unseen 1972 movie of Aretha Franklin recording the most successful gospel album to date was shelved and…
Charlie Williams – The first Black British comedian to experience mainstream success
Charles Adolphus Williams MBE (23 December 1927 – 2 September 2006) was an English professional footballer who was…
“We didn’t win the war for people like you to come here and take our homes and jobs.”
I was aware that I had a right to be here and an entitlement to exist. Now, I…
Margaret Busby: Doyenne of Black British Publishing
Born in Accra, Ghana to parents with roots in Barbados, Trinidad and Dominica, she became Britain’s youngest and…
Monument At Waterloo!
“On 22 June 2019, Theresa May, Britain’s acting Prime Minister, announced that London Waterloo Station had “been confirmed…
The Ambassadors Youth Choir
The Jamaican Ambassadors Youth Choir is no exception and following on from the success of last year’s Independence…
POST WINDRUSH FEARS CONTINUE – Owen Haisley’s Story
Holstered in a van, he was minutes away from being put on a Virgin Atlantic flight to Jamaica…
Windrush Day message from Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn, The Labour Party
The bond between the Windrush generation and all of us is unbreakable. In June 1948, the Empire Windrush…
Windrush Day 2019 message from Theresa May, Prime Minister
I am honoured that as one of my final acts of being Prime Minster of this great nation;…
Windrush Day 2019 message from Vince Cable, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
This wave of mass migration is an important part of our nation’s historical narrative. It tells the story of…
Prostate Cancer – Together we can beat this
Actor Rudolph Walker tells us about his Caribbean roots and passion for the cause What do you know…
The Story of Modern Britain by Lord Bourne
Although those on board could not have known it, their arrival to this busy working port heralded a…
