Black History Features

2SXGA55 Roberta Flack at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. October 1981 Credit: Walter McBride/MediaPunch

Remembering Roberta Flack (1937–2025)

The world has lost one of its greatest musical voices, Roberta Flack, who passed away on February 24,…


2EJ522N Claudette Colvin (b.1939). Portrait of the pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement, taken in 1954. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. This occurred nine months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks, helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.

Claudette Colvin: The Teenage Revolutionary Who Ignited a Movement

In the spring of 1955, when the streets of Montgomery, Alabama, were still divided by the sharp lines…


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Black History Month

2026 LISTINGS

Westminster Sunday 08 February 2026

Once On This Island In Concert

For one night only, the Olivier Award-winning musical Once On This Island transforms the majestic Theatre Royal Drury…

Stratford-upon-Avon Tuesday 10 February – Saturday 28 March 2026

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Royal Shakespeare Company presents the world premiere of a bold new musical adapted from the best-selling memoir…

Coventry Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 February 2026

Crown of Blood

Crown of Blood is a striking reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, set in nineteenth-century Yorubaland and rooted in West…

Birmingham Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 February 2026

Diversity – Soul 2026 Tour

Britain’s most successful dance group, Diversity, kicks off their massive new UK tour, Soul 2026, right here in…

Buckinghamshire Saturday 14 February 2026

Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death

Rising star Emmanuel Sonubi brings his heartfelt and hilarious new show to Aylesbury. One of the UK’s hottest…

Nottingham Sunday 15 February

Judi Love: All About The Love

Judi Love is back with a brand-new show, bringing her trademark mix of humour, warmth and unfiltered honesty….