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
- Jun 30, 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 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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Angela M
- Aug 20, 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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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
UK rapper Stormzy gets a waxwork in Madame Tussauds
Stormzy has announced he’s the latest celebrity to be immortalised in London’s Madame Tussauds. The UK rapper, who was celebrated his...
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
C4 commissons new comedy 'Big Age' pilot for their Black to Front day
Channel 4 commissions brand-new comedy pilot, Big Age, written by Bolu Babalola for Channel 4s Black to Front day
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- May 15, 2021
- 2 min
Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen to follow up Small Axe with Uprising
Acclaimed British filmmaker and artist Steven McQueen will re-team with the BBC for a new three-part documentary entitled Uprising. The...
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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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Vera B
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Google Doodle celebrates Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experience
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