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Sir W. Arthur Lewis is one of the pioneers of Development Economics and was of the first proponents of reparations to the Caribbean and...

Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African and African-Caribbean Victorians in Britain - Sarah Bonetta Forbes Davis

Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African and African-Caribbean Georgians in Britain - William Davidson

Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African Tudors & Stuarts in Britain John Blanke is probably the most...

Una Marson was one of Jamacia's most influential feminist thinkers. She was a poet, playwright, editor, activist and broadcaster.

Olive Morris is widely recognised as a prominent voice of leadership in the fight against discrimination in Britain during the 1970s.

We explore the underreported anti-slave lecturing circut in northwest England and its impact on the working classes. In a quiet little...

Roman Britain was actually a multi-cultural society that included newcomers and locals with African ancestry and dual heritage. The ...

As part of Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' we reveal the African origin of Roman York's rich Ivory Bangle Lady.

Stormzy has announced he’s the latest celebrity to be immortalised in London’s Madame Tussauds. The UK rapper, who was celebrated his...

Channel 4 commissions brand-new comedy pilot, Big Age, written by Bolu Babalola for Channel 4s Black to Front day

A short introduction to the musical genre of Lovers Rock... Search IBHM-UK to find our specially curated playlist of 'Lovers Rock' and to...

Guyanese-British firefighter and social worker Frank Bailey, who is widely considered to be the first Black firefighter of post-war...

As the UK's Black History kicks off, Google Doodle celebrates the extraordinary life of Abolitionist, Composer and Writer, Igantius Sancho