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Kofoworola Abeni Pratt was one of the first Black nurses in the NHS and a pioneer of nursing in post-independence Nigeria.

We're challenging everyone to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonthUK 2025 in a different way each day of October!

Who were the African Caribbean prisoners of war held in Porchester Castle during the 18th century?

Check out a few of our TV recommendations to help you celebrate and learn more about UK Black history, culture and talent this BHMUK23.

The theme of Black History Month UK 2022 is ‘Before Windrush’. This October we’ll be exploring the lives and stories of Black Britons who

Justin Fashanu – the first openly gay male professional footballer & first Black British footballer to command a £1 million transfer fee

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

Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black female headteacher

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

John Richard Archer – the first Black mayor a borough in London and founding President of the Africa Progress Union

Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearan actor

Lilian Bader overcame discrimination and racism to become one of the first women of Afro-Caribbean heritage to join the RAF

Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with East African heritage Kathleen Wrasama

As part of our Sharing Journeys campaign for #BHMUK22 we examine how African American GIs crossed the colour bar in the UK during 2WW

Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with North and South American heritage.

Google Doodle pays tributes to Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer and composer

As part of our Sharing Journeys campaign for #BHMUK22 we examine the highly influential Caribbean Arts Movement (CAM) of the 1960s and 1970s

Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with Caribbean heritage

Jamaican born Dr Harold Moody campaigned against racism in Edwardian Britain and provided free medical care to the poorer members of his loc

#BHMUK22 Sharing Journeys campaign - learn how the West Africa Student Union (WASU) campaigned for the end of colonial rule in West Africa