When Malcolm X took on British Racism
Marshall Street was an unassuming, unexceptional street in Smethwick, in the west Midlands. Its terraced houses were not…
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Movement in Britain…a poverty of knowledge?
But as an immediate thought does Civil Rights conjure images of Britain’s own Civil Rights movement to you?…
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 arose from the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ black…
WATCH: Malcolm X. Oxford University Union Debate in1964
In November 1964, Malcolm X ended a tour of Africa, where he had passed through a dozen different…
How Olive Morris Fought for Black Women’s Rights in Britain
Overlooked No More: How Olive Morris Fought for Black Women’s Rights in Britain. In the 27 years, she…
When England taught the Yanks how to treat their African Americans
In preparation for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare on 6 June 1944, the American’s…
Claudia Jones: The Myth Buster
As we mark African History Month, expect Claudia Jones be become better known this year. She’s the subject…
The 1936 Battle of Cable Street
My birth in 1934, in the Parish of St Georges, at 61, Cable Street a ‘Cockney’ into a…
WATCH: The Mangrove Nine – We Remember the Protest 50 Years Ago in Notting Hill Gate
The Mangrove Nine were a group of British black activists tried for inciting a riot at a 1970…
History of Civil Rights in the UK
Civil rights here in the UK have never unfolded as a simple or settled story. They have developed…
Paul Stephenson – The Civil rights pioneer led a victorious boycott against a racist bus company, paving the way for Britain’s first race laws.
He had been born to a British mother and West African father in Rochford, Essex in 1937 and…
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…
Rosa Parks – The mother of the modern day civil rights movement
Rosa Louise Parks was nationally recognized as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in America….
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…
Black troops were welcome in Britain, but Jim Crow wasn’t: the race riot of one night in June 1943
Bullet holes found in the wood surrounds of the NatWest Bank in Bamber Bridge, in Lancashire in the…
Claudia Jones And Dame Jocelyn Barrow: Digging The South London Connection Of Some Inspirational British African Women
Talking About Claudia Jones And Other Inspirational British African Women You are going to be reading about Trinidadian-born…
WATCH: Dear George
As we celebrate the importance of Black History Month for October. We know everyone is aware of the…
WATCH: IN REMEMEBERANCE OF GEORGE FLOYD: 47TH BIRTHDAY ON 14TH OCTOBER
As we celebrate the importance of Black History Month for October. We know everyone is aware of the…
Dame Jocelyn Barrow: More Needs To Be Done On Her Lifetime Work On Racial And Multi-Cultural Awareness
“I also believe that it’s part of our own responsibility as communities, as parents, as elders in our…
