30 years ago Britain was a much different place than it is today
I recall 1987 not only for the inaugural celebrations, but also for the continuing hostility of how notions…
News Views and Opinion
BAME Network Launch – 14th November 2017 – Sandhurst
The Army is not only staffed by serving soldiers, but also Ministry of Defence Civil Servants, and the…
Five Minutes With….Captain Steven Henry of the British Army
Steven is currently serving with Royal Logistic Corps as the Unit Welfare Officer based in Oxfordshire. He joined…
MI6 Speaks to the Diversity Dashboard
BHM: Tell us about yourself, what is your role within MI6? My name is Alex Younger and I…
“COACH”
‘COACH’ Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are crucially important to the United Kingdom’s National Governing Body for Athletics, UK…
African History Month Discussion Paper 1
African History Month Discussion Paper African History Month365 Concepts Negro History Week was initiated by Dr. Carter G….
Tribute to Jon Daniel
Museum of Grooves September: Celebrating Afro Supa Heroes Special and growing up Black in the 1970s
30 British Black Music Albums To Mark African History Month @ 30
30 British Black Music Albums To Mark African History Month @ 30 I’ve always found list-type pieces most…
Black History Month in Wales
As a platform and site of cultural-political resistance and intervention, Black history re-tells, re- interprets, re-present the lives…
Whose history is it anyway
The same year saw riots in Chapeltown, Leeds and the election of three Members of Parliament of African…
Digitalback Books partners with Brent Library Council to Give Patrons Easy Access to Expanded Collections
Digitalback Books has steadily been building its collection and recently expanded its catalogue to include key titles like…
Remembering Stuart Hall: race and nation in Brexit Britain
Almost half a century later, self-declared ‘moderates’ were chanting ‘Out! Out! Out!’ at their Brexit parties, while racial…
Celebrating Black Cantabs
Over the past year, a number of articles focusing on the experiences of current black students at Cambridge…
WATCH: Celebrating the Life of Stewart Tippett and the History of Soul
Stewart didn’t know his mother when he was a child and was brought up in care, and then…
Akyaaba Addai-Sebo
Patrick Vernon interviews Akyaaba Addai-Sebo the architect of Black History Month in the UK PV- How was Black…
WATCH: Brixton exhibition to showcase life of Ewe Royal in papers
Ewe Fia – Togbui Adamah II reigned from 1915 to 1963 – and thanks to a collection of official…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH OR A YEAR OF BLACK HISTORY?
It is also a time when Black talent is perceived to be most in demand than any other…
TURNER NOMINEE LEADS BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS
Opening at the Walker Art Gallery from 7 October to 18 March 2018, Lubaina Himid: Meticulous Observations and Naming…
More Than Just a Month
What we have seen over recent years, worsened under Austerity Britain are huge cuts to local authority…
30 Years of Celebrating Black History Month – What’s Next?
The early concept of BHM can be traced back to the celebrated historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926…
