The Front Room Portraits: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home
With reference to Black style, gender, sexuality, desire, aspiration, pleasure and the dressed body as performance, Michael will…
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Arthur Torrington CBE: Keeper of the Windrush Flame
Arthur Torrington CBE is known for his substantial and tireless work researching, collecting, and archiving the histories of…
2023 Graduation Ceremony with 100 Black Men of London
No better way to end the year than Graduation. Our Diamonds have persevered through the challenges of the…
Momtaza Mehri ‘Bad Diaspora Poems’ Book Launch and Talk
Young Poet Laureate Momtaza Mehri hosts a gathering and reading of her tender, searing and satirical debut poetry…
In Conversation: Professor Sonia Boyce
Boyce will be in conversation with Baltic Professor Andrea Phillips and guests about her trajectory as a Black…
Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
A landmark exhibition exploring the impact of the Black Atlantic will be staged in the Museum’s historic Founder’s…
At the Heart of the Nation: Migration and the NHS
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NHS and Windrush, this panel event chaired by Gary Younge brings…
Remembering Althea McNish, A Forgotten Revolutionary Of British Design
You are warmly invited to join us in unveiling a London Blue Plaque to legendary international textile designer,…
Black Lives: Autobiographies
A number of black people left accounts of their lives. The best known are Olaudah Equiano, Ignatius Sancho,…
WATCH: Changing The Black Culture Narrative Conference
Time and time again, there are still so many situations happening to Black Boys, Black Young men and…
Glimpse : An evening of speculative tales and songs
Celebrate the first Black British Speculative Fiction anthology with some of its contributing writers. Evening will include songs…
Cleveland Watkiss: The Great Jamaican Songbook
Cleveland Watkiss is one of the most celebrated British Jazz vocalists of his generation. He won the Ivor…
Women of the Windrush
Through mesmerising song and archive film footage, Shirley J. Thompson’s opera Women of the Windrush portrays inspirational narratives…
Gus John: The Struggle for Racial Equity and Social Justice, Then and Now
Professor Gus John has been fighting racism and standing up for Black youth ever since he first arrived…
Celebrating the Legacies of Black Ink
An evening with Desrie Thomson-George, co-founder of the Black Ink Collective, who will tell its story with readings…
Windrush Stories with author Tony Fairweather and Alexis Keir
After WW2 England was on its knees, so the call went out to the British Empire for volunteers…
PAST Thematic Overview: Modern Black History
The National Archives collection spans 1,000 years. Throughout this period, there has been a Black presence in Britain,…
Salute to Baroness Ros Howells
Baroness Howell has had an outstanding career in the fight for racial equality in Britain Director of…
Challenging Racisms in Higher Education and Beyond
Join us for the Second Annual Westminster Conversations Conference on “Challenging racisms in higher education and beyond”. This…
The Adventures of a Black Edwardian Intellectual
Born in 1873 in All Saints village, Antigua, James Arthur Harley was a poor island boy who dared…
