Angela Culhane – a personal view
Seeing my wonderful father-in-law, Tom, die from prostate cancer, was enough to convince me that something needed to…
Veteran Community Activist And Historian To Provide Analysis On Racism, Policing, Crime And Criminalisation Of African Youths
On Wednesday Oct. 27, community activist, historian and former university lecturer Bro Cecil Gutzmore will present Racism, Crime…
Vanitas Arts Celebrates ‘Hidden’ Black Suffragette with launch of brand new audio drama in Black History Month UK 2021
This podcast tells the story of one of the most important Black female activists in American history. An…
Nicole Brown, Nurse, Healthcare Assistant and Student Paramedic, 2016 – present
Identifying as British Caribbean (Jamaica and Barbados), all four of Nicole’s grandparents came to Britain in 1955 as…
Harold Sinson (1921- 2010)
In 1943, having been told by a friend that the RAF was advertising for people from the Empire…
David Clemetson (1893-1918)
This heritage meant that David Clemetson’s family was part of the elite in Jamaica which dominated the then…
Lionel Turpin (1896-1929)
He gave his address as Collingwood, North Shields. According to Lionel’s children, “He (Lionel) felt British. He was…
The reality is that there will be assumptions
I was born and raised in London, but my parents came from Eritrea in the late 80s during…
Walter Tull (1888-1918)
In 1908 Walter started a career in football when he was signed by east London amateur side Clapton,…
Just a shy young Black kid from Stevenage, who became a World Champion seven times with 100 Grand Prix Victories
As Sir Lewis Hamilton reached his 100th Formula One grand prix victory in Russia, his family will remember…
FILM REVIEW – The Harder They Fall
If you have been starved of your cowboy movies, then you will not be disappointed with Londoner Jeymes…
Diane Abbott Attends Jamaican Art Private View For Black History Month – and Seriously Rates ‘We Belong’ By Human Rights Lawyer-Poet and Artist, David Neita
Labour’s Diane Abbott, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington famously became the first black female MP…
Angeliena a Q&A with South African filmmaker Uga Carlini
Angeliena, the bittersweet debut fiction feature film from multi-award winning South African filmmaker Uga Carlini, is to be…
Proud to be: Black representation in Formula One
“I’m proud to be an engineer who is recognised for what I have done for the community. I have progressed in an…
African History Month Discussion Paper 5
African History Isn’t A One Off, But A Continuation Kwame P Aboagye This month Africans in Britain will…
Former Fire Chief speaks out about racial abuse in support of Black History Month
Former Assistant Chief Officer Wayne McCollin was born in Barbados before moving to the UK in 1960 and…
Proud to Be in Unity
Honestly, it took me longer than it should have to ponder and answer this question. Was it because…
The Making of 100 Great Black Britons By Patrick Vernon OBE
It must have been in the summer of 2001 when I became aware of the BBC 100 Greatest…
WATCH: NEW EVERY MIND MATTERS CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH
New campaign launched after half of all adults and over half of Black adults say pandemic negatively impacted…
Importance of Black History Month to Black soldiers who are #ProudToBe serving
Soldiers of African and Caribbean heritage have been integral to the British Army for more than 100 years….
