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
- 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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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Sep 18, 2022
- 8 min
Ottobah Cugoano - the radical Abolitionist & first African to publicly call for the end of slavery
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with West African heritage Quobna Ottobah...
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Vera B
- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates Louise 'Miss Lou' Bennett-Coverley's 103rd birthday
Louise "Miss Lou" was a famed poet, folklorist, and the first Black student to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1945. On...
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Angela M
- Jul 1, 2022
- 6 min
What is the theme for Black History Month UK 2022?
IBHM-UK launches theme for Black History Month UK 2022 - Supporting Journeys - and all the ways to celebrate it in October.
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Vera B
- Apr 20, 2022
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates St Lucian Economist Sir W. Arthur Lewis
Sir W. Arthur Lewis is one of the pioneers of Development Economics and was of the first proponents of reparations to the Caribbean and...
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 30, 2021
- 5 min
Sarah Bonetta - African princess and god-daughter of Queen Victoria
Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African and African-Caribbean Victorians in Britain - Sarah Bonetta Forbes Davis
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
William Davidson the political radical
Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African and African-Caribbean Georgians in Britain - William Davidson
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
Our TV picks for Black History Month UK 2021
Check out a few of our TV recommendations to help you celebrate and learn more about UK Black history, culture and talent this BHMUK21.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 11, 2021
- 5 min
John Blanke the royal trumpeter
Black History Month UK 2022 'Black to the past' campaign - John Blanke
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 11, 2021
- 6 min
Our book recommendations for Black History Month UK 2021
Our book recommendations for Black History Month UK 2021
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Vera B
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates the life of Una Marson
Una Marson was one of Jamacia's most influential feminist thinkers. She was a poet, playwright, editor, activist and broadcaster.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
African Romans in Britain
As part of our 'Black to the Past' campaign for Black History Month UK 2021 we explore the lives of African Romans in Britain.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2021
- 8 min
A Hidden Alliance
As part of our #BHMUK21 Black to the Past campaign we explore the underreported anti-slave lecturing circuit in northwest England
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Ivory Bangle Lady
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.
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Angela M
- Aug 21, 2021
- 4 min
What is the theme for Black History Month UK 2021?
IBHM-UK launches theme for Black History Month UK 2021 - Black to Past - and all the ways to celebrate it in October.
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Vera B
- Nov 29, 2020
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates the 95th birthday of Frank Bailey - London’s first black firefighter
Guyanese-British firefighter and social worker Frank Bailey, who is widely considered to be the first Black firefighter of post-war...
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Nov 29, 2020
- 4 min
Artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' film series premieres in November on BBC One
"Small Axe" is an anthology comprised of five original films set from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s that tell personal stories from...
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