Walter Tull: His Life and Legacy
Born in Folkestone in 1888 to a British mother and Bajan father, Walter was one of the first…
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WATCH: HENRY BOX BROWN – A Musical Journey
Henry Box Brown is directed by Tony Award winner Ben Harney (Broadway’s Dream Girls) and has been created…
History Consultant Cautions All Who Are Going To Be Commenting On Or Organising Empire Windrush Commemorations
‘Look How Far We’ve Come: Disrupting African British History Narratives?’* *For anyone marking, commemorating, discussing, commenting on or…
21st Century Stateswoman -A Windrush Interview with Prime Minister Theresa May
The first generation of Windrush arrivals were able to buy their own homes, enabling them to generate relative…
Open letter to Black LGBT people in Britain and beyond ahead of UK Black Pride 2018
You’re a Black woman in a workplace in London being told to ‘calm down’ as you do your…
WATCH: Show how much you care about healthcare.
Do you care about maintaining standards in the nursing and midwifery professions? Do you care about people, fairness…
British Black Music Month 2018 Launches June 1 With A Reggae-Focused Programme
British Black Music Month 2018 Launches June 1 With A Reggae-Focused Programme British Black Music Month (BBMM) 2018…
Culture Shock: The Black British history card game
Culture Shock is a quiz game consisting of 52 question cards relating to Black British history – Britain’s…
Botis Seva announced as next Guest Artistic Director of the National Youth Dance Company
National Youth Dance Company (NYDC), the country’s flagship organisation for young dancers which is run by Sadler’s Wells,…
NFL’S COLIN KAEPERNICK NAMED AS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S 2018 ‘AMBASSADOR OF CONSCIENCE’
Athlete and inspiring activist Colin Kaepernick has been honoured with Amnesty International’s ‘Ambassador of Conscience’ award for 2018,…
Scratchylus and Empress Reggae to perform One Love Festival 2018
The legendary Scratchylus is back from stent living in his native Jamaica where he has honed his music…
Millie Dunn Veasey, pioneering sergeant turned rights activist
When Millie Dunn Veasey joined the US military it wasn’t the most auspicious of starts. “I didn’t weigh…
The dancing slum kids tipped for stardom by Rihanna
Living in the slums of Ikorodu, Lagos, the dance troupe was created in 2014 to get kids from…
International Reggae Day 2018 Celebrates The Creative Journey Shared By Jamaica And The UK
As February, which is designated Reggae Month in Jamaica, ends, all Reggae fans are reminded that JulyOne is…
Blue Plaques on Wolverhampton’s diversity, not Enoch Powell
The Express and Star have deliberately and social engineered a debate promoting the legacy of Enoch of Powell…
Black history is not a thing apart
Black History Month is beginning, and as usual, for one month of an entire year, people of goodwill,…
Global African Quad Flag: A Visual Signifier Of African-Related Matters
UDPATE: At the 2020: Marcus Garvey @ 80: Moving Towards A Unifying African Identity meeting on June 10…
African History Month Discussion Paper 4
From Negro History Week to African Liberation Month Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali “Who owns history? Not even…
Black Artists – How Much Individuality Do They Get
Black Responsibility and Individual Rights: A Delicate Balance Eddie Chambers, academic and one of the original four artists…
Maureen Roberts “Come le’ We Talk”
This is a list of 30 heritage institutions in London that you should know about and visit because…
