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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
Vera B
Oct 9, 20222 min read
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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

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 3, 20226 min read
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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

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 2, 20225 min read
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Kemi Badenoch - the right-wing MP who could become the first Black leader of the Conservative party
Badenoch joined the Conservative party in 2005 and spent several years trying to get elected to Parliament
Maria
Oct 1, 20226 min read
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Our top reads for Black History Month UK 2022
Our book recommendations for Black History Month UK 2022

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 1, 20227 min read
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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

Maya Bello-Taylor
Sep 30, 20224 min read
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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...

Maya Bello-Taylor
Sep 18, 20228 min read
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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...
Vera B
Sep 9, 20222 min read
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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.
Angela M
Jun 30, 20226 min read
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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...
Vera B
Apr 20, 20222 min read
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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

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 30, 20215 min read
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William Davidson the political radical
Black History Month UK 2021 'Black to the Past' campaign - African and African-Caribbean Georgians in Britain - William Davidson

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 23, 20213 min read
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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.

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 11, 20214 min read
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John Blanke the royal trumpeter
Black History Month UK 2022 'Black to the past' campaign - John Blanke

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 10, 20215 min read
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Our book recommendations for Black History Month UK 2021
Our book recommendations for Black History Month UK 2021

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 10, 20216 min read
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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.
Vera B
Oct 9, 20212 min read
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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.

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 1, 20214 min read
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A Hidden Alliance
As part of our #BHMUK21 Black to the Past campaign we explore the underreported anti-slave lecturing circuit in northwest England

Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 1, 20218 min read
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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.

Maya Bello-Taylor
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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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.
Angela M
Aug 20, 20214 min read
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