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6 activities to celebrate Black History Month UK at school

Six podcasts to listen to during Black History Month UK 2023 & beyond

Our top reads for Black History Month UK 2023

31 ways to celebrate Black History Month UK

Princess Tsehai - Ethiopian Princess who trained as a nurse in the UK

Princess Ademola - the African Princess who served as a nurse during wartime Britain

Kofoworola Abeni Pratt - one of the first Black nurses in the NHS and nursing pioneer in Nigeria

Ivor Cummings - the unsung 'gay' father of the Windrush Generation

Samuel Coleridge Taylor - famed 18th century British composer

Our TV picks for Black History Month UK 2023

Learie Constantine - was a cricketer, statesman, and Britain's first Black peer

What is the theme for Black History Month UK 2023?

The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963

Celebrating Global Black History Month(s) and UK Pride Month

Justin Fashanu – the first openly gay male professional footballer

Pearl Alcock - the outsider artist who provided a queer safe space for London’s Black gay community

Google Doodle celebrates Mama Cax during Black History Month USA

Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first female Black headteacher

Pablo Fanque – master horseman and first Black circus owner in Britain

John Richard Archer - the first Black mayor of a London borough