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…
Opinion
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…
From Hollywood Glamour to Protest, Blaxploitation to Hip-Hop Style… Revolutionary Black Fashion
In the early 20th century, fashioned black people were often portrayed in an intentionally demeaning light as mammies,…
Please support the nomination of John Edmonstone for the new £50.00 note.
The public is being asked to nominate a new face for the £50.00 note. The current for runners…
“Bling Bling” – A Date at The Palace with The Queen
So, after getting over the utter shock of being nominated and awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2018…
BHM: Stateside to quayside
Black History Month BHM in the UK has a number of detractors, who point out that every month…
Black History Month – Eche Egbuonu
The way that I was taught black history in secondary school followed a certain formula. Slavery, Emancipation and…
