WATCH: World AIDS Day 2019 message from UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima
As the epidemic raged through our countries, cities, villages, women held communities together and bore the higher burden…
Opinion
“CELEBRATING OUR SISTERHOOD – A DEBT TO ALL OUR MOTHERS”
From a personal and professional standpoint, and within my incredible journey from the streets to the stadiums of…
Muli Amaye
When I was younger, I was led to believe that as a person of colour, everything I did…
Scratchylus – My beautiful mother Gwendolyn taught me grace, manners, diligence, and to always work towards your goal in life.
The woman who has inspired me most in my life would have to be my beautiful mother Gwendolyn…
An image to Inspire by a beloved Son
A much hackneyed phrase for sure, but there should never be a dearth of Windrush-era images and accounts…
Black History Month: A Time to Discover our History
It’s a time to discover and honour people who fought for and laid the foundations for the rights…
BRINGING THE BRITISH ARMY’S BLACK HISTORY TO LIFE
Black History Month plays a key role, raising awareness of the contribution black people have made to our…
Black Women should be Seen and Heard
This year, Black History Month Leicester’s theme is Archiving the Past, Reflecting the Future, recognising the history and…
1968 Race Relations Act: Reflections of a Windrush Descendant
My parents and extended family were among the group of immigrants in the 1960s for whom attempts were…
Black Cultural Archives, Who Are We?
The power of an archives is how it relates to our identity and community, and how we understand…
A Plan for Righting the Wrongs of the Windrush Scandal
With the recent revelations by David Olusaga’s BBC documentary ‘The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files’ found evidence of…
Siobhan Aarons, Chair of Conservative Friends of the Caribbean
I was born and raised in the city but still people will often ask where I am ‘really’…
WATCH: “I didn’t know what Windrush was!” Kenny Lynch
Evening all where do we start then. I was born in the East End of London in 1938….
“We didn’t win the war for people like you to come here and take our homes and jobs.”
I was aware that I had a right to be here and an entitlement to exist. Now, I…
Monument At Waterloo!
“On 22 June 2019, Theresa May, Britain’s acting Prime Minister, announced that London Waterloo Station had “been confirmed…
The Murder That Changed A Nation
My name is Stuart Lawrence and I am the younger brother of Stephen Lawrence (13th September 1974 –…
Football… A Game of Two Colours?
To be confronted with the option of having to walk away from a major league at a time…
The Lammy Dooley Affair …Diabolical, Diatribe Or Just Dire…?
The photograph that has launched fierce multi-faceted debates, bringing uncomfortable views to the surface causing us all to…
Women’s History Month 2019!
Hey loves, happy Women’s History Month! This March, I hope we each take a little extra time to…
The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report – 20 Years On
It is 20 years since the publication of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report. Barbara Cohen discrimination lawyer and…
