Justin Fashanu – the first openly gay male professional footballer
Justin Fashanu – the first openly gay male professional footballer & first Black British footballer to command a £1 million transfer fee
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Feb 19
- 3 min
Pearl Alcock - the outsider artist who provided a queer safe space for London’s Black gay community
Pearl Alcock - the outsider artist who provided a queer safe space for London's Black gay community
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black headteacher
Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black headteacher
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Pablo Fanque – master horseman and first Black circus owner in Britain
Pablo Fanque – master horseman and first Black circus owner in Britain
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jan 23
- 3 min
John Richard Archer - the first Black mayor of a London borough
John Richard Archer – the first Black mayor a borough in London and founding President of the Africa Progress Union
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearean actor
Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearan actor
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Nov 12, 2022
- 7 min
Lilian Bader was one of the first women of Afro-Caribbean heritage to join the Royal Air Force (RAF)
Lilian Bader overcame discrimination and racism to become one of the first women of Afro-Caribbean heritage to join the RAF
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 24, 2022
- 7 min
Kathleen Wrasama - dedicated her life to helping the Black community in Britain
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with East African heritage Kathleen Wrasama
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 22, 2022
- 7 min
African American GIs in the UK during 2WW - crossing the colour bar
As part of our Sharing Journeys campaign for #BHMUK22 we examine how African American GIs crossed the colour bar in the UK during 2WW
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Vera B
- Oct 17, 2022
- 1 min
Google Doodle pays tributes to Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer and composer
Google Doodle pays tributes to Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer and composer
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 17, 2022
- 6 min
Jessica Huntley - political reformer, women's rights activist and pioneering British publisher
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with North and South American heritage.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 10, 2022
- 6 min
Caribbean Artist Movement: pushed the boundaries of what was considered to be art
As part of our Sharing Journeys campaign for #BHMUK22 we examine the highly influential Caribbean Arts Movement (CAM) of the 1960s and 1970s
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 10, 2022
- 6 min
John La Rose - was a writer, publisher & political organiser who changed the lives of Black Britons
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with Caribbean heritage
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Vera B
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates Dr Harold Moody
Jamaican born Dr Harold Moody campaigned against racism in Edwardian Britain and provided free medical care to the poorer members of his loc
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 3, 2022
- 6 min
Kemi Badenoch - the right-wing MP who could become the first Black leader of the Conservative party
Kemi Badenoch - the Tory right-wing MP who could become the first Black leader of the Conservative party
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 3, 2022
- 6 min
How the West African Student Union (WASU) campaigned for the end of colonial rule in West Africa
#BHMUK22 Sharing Journeys campaign - learn how the West Africa Student Union (WASU) campaigned for the end of colonial rule in West Africa
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min
Lapido Solanke - was a political activist and founder of the influential WASU
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with West African heritage - Lapido Solanke
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2022
- 2 min
31 ways to celebrate Black History Month UK
We're challenging everyone to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonthUK 2022 in a different way each day of October!
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2022
- 6 min
Our top reads for Black History Month UK 2022
Our book recommendations for Black History Month UK 2022
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2022
- 4 min
Our TV picks for Black History Month UK 2022
Our TV picks for Black History Month UK 2022 - Check out a few of our TV recommendations to help you celebrate and learn more about UK Black
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