Black British History

Black British History

"I firmly believe Black British history is not just for the enlightened few; it is for everyone. It is part of the UK's wider collective memory."

Black History Is For Everyone

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Wedaeli Chibelushi

A Brief History of Blackness In East Anglia

Thursday 12 July 2018 8:00 PM

Louisa Adjoa Parker

The UK's 'Brown Babies': War Babies African American GIs Left Behind

Tuesday 18 July 2017 7:20 AM

Tiwa Adebayo

Celebrating 70 Years Of Black Women At Cambridge

Monday 25 June 2018 12:00 PM

Karline Smith

The History Of Notting Hill Carnival

Friday 17 July 2020 7:00 AM

"Playing mas truly made me feel comfortable in my identity. I felt at home. Especially knowing just how important carnival is to my ancestors."

How Carnival Helped Me Connect With My Heritage

Kelechi Okafor

How A Trip To Grenada Fundamentally Changed Me

Thursday 29 February 2024 8:00 AM

Solange Burrell

‘Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome’ & The British Caribbean Experience

Thursday 30 November 2023 8:00 AM

"The little black history taught to us at school is usually from the perspective of our American cousins, and very rarely about the women who were and remain the backbone and driving force for these movements."

The World Of Activism Needs More Bees And Less Bosses

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Claudette Parry Laws

One Black Woman’s Quest To Preserve Her Father’s Legacy

Tuesday 31 October 2023 8:00 AM

Igiaba Scego

Italy's Long & Troubled Relationship With Somalia

Friday 27 October 2023 8:00 AM

"Entitled 'Black Flowers', we gathered the black community, mainly womxn, to come and express themselves within the space. To perform freeing and expressive dances whilst, frame-by-frame, making small essential actions responding to the space."

How Black Women In Liverpool Are Reclaiming Colonial Spaces

Jendella Benson

Rosanna Amaka Brings The Women Of Colonial Nigeria To The Forefront

Thursday 23 February 2023 8:00 AM

Genéa Saunders

Navigating Our Paths With Folk Tales From The Diaspora

Monday 30 January 2023 8:00 AM

Marie Bashiru

The Origins And Commodification Of Black Folk Music In Britain

Thursday 5 January 2023 8:00 AM

Ata-owaji Victor

The Impact Of Black Hair On Black British History

Friday 28 October 2022 8:00 AM

Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou

The Black Women Shaping The Notting Hill Carnival Bounce Back

Friday 22 July 2022 8:00 AM

"History has long been written from a ‘pale, male and stale’ perspective, which deemed the histories of people of colour – and what they suffered at the hands of white Europeans – as unimportant."

Long Before Windrush: London’s Black Community Has Been Here For Centuries

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Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou

Alison Hammond’s Literary Dive Through Black British History

Wednesday 8 June 2022 8:00 AM

Jendella Benson

Cherish Oteka On Buried Black British LGBTQ+ History

Wednesday 9 February 2022 8:00 AM

Jendella Benson

We Wore Our Own Garmz – Black British Streetwear Of The 90s and 00s

Tuesday 21 December 2021 7:00 AM

Nzinga Cotton

What I Learned Growing Up Rastafarian

Friday 5 November 2021 7:00 AM

Jaydee Seaforth

Insulate Britain, Civil Disobedience & The Purpose Of Protest

Tuesday 19 October 2021 7:00 AM

Tawana Shonagh Maramba

Black Gaelic Speakers Are Confronting Scotland's Hidden History

Monday 18 October 2021 7:00 AM

Jody Burton

How We Made The First Guidebook To Black History In London

Tuesday 17 August 2021 7:00 AM

Jendella Benson

In Conversation With Chibundu Onuzo, Author Of 'Sankofa'

Friday 4 June 2021 9:00 AM

Jendella Benson

Afua Hirsch On The Stories That Still Need Telling

Monday 26 April 2021 1:00 PM

Jendella Benson

Talking Race, Capitalism & Whiteness With Emma Dabiri

Thursday 1 April 2021 7:00 AM

Marcia Veiga

Nearly Five Decades Of Independence, But Will Angola Ever Be Free?

Wednesday 13 January 2021 7:00 AM

Natalie Denny

Black Women’s Multigenerational Activism in Liverpool

Monday 14 December 2020 7:30 AM

Fiona Rutherford

Saturday Schools Are as Essential as They’ve Ever Been

Sunday 13 December 2020 9:00 AM

Vicky Gayle

The Cultural Roots Of Community Farming In Birmingham

Saturday 28 November 2020 7:00 AM

Lateefah Jean-Baptiste

The Black Women Who Defined Lovers Rock In The 1980s

Friday 27 November 2020 12:00 PM

Kuba Shand Baptiste

Black Love Stories From The 70s and 80s

Sunday 22 November 2020 9:00 AM

Chanté Joseph

Black Britain's Safe Spaces: From The Mangrove To The Mountains

Sunday 15 November 2020 9:00 AM

Lisa Insansa Woods

Norwich’s New Women-Empowered Anti-Racism Movements

Thursday 29 October 2020 7:30 AM

Jill Lupupa

How Attitudes Have Changed To Black Nurses In The East Midlands

Thursday 15 October 2020 7:00 AM

Sarah Lusack

Stella Dadzie On Black Women's Resistance

Thursday 15 October 2020 7:00 AM

Jayden Irving

How A Black Woman In Derby Was Silenced In The Modelling World

Monday 12 October 2020 7:00 AM

Muna Ahmed

The Rich And Complicated Story Of Somalis In The UK

Thursday 6 August 2020 7:00 AM

Teleica Kirkland

The History And Significance Of Textiles In The African Diaspora

Wednesday 29 July 2020 9:00 AM

Alice Charles

Let's Talk About British Royalty And Reparations

Tuesday 7 July 2020 7:00 AM

Taylor Edmonds

How I'm Connecting With My Welsh Identity In My 20s

Friday 29 May 2020 7:00 AM

Marcia Veiga

Covid-19, Civil War And Western Privileges

Thursday 9 April 2020 7:00 AM

Sabrina-Maria Anderson

The Racist History Behind 'Well-Meaning' Compliments

Wednesday 8 April 2020 7:00 AM

Jemmar Samuels

The Miss Universe Controversy Is A Sign Of Issues Jamaica Won't Face

Thursday 12 December 2019 7:00 AM

Jaydee Seaforth

The World Of Activism Needs More Bees And Less Bosses

Friday 15 November 2019 7:00 AM

Adama Juldeh Munu

How The BlackPoppyRose Project Is Remembering Our Veterans

Sunday 10 November 2019 7:00 AM

Jenny McCall

The History And Legacy Of London's Black Radical Movement

Tuesday 8 October 2019 7:00 AM

Fauziya Johnson

How Black Women In Liverpool Are Reclaiming Colonial Spaces

Tuesday 1 October 2019 7:00 AM

Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou

How Carnival Helped Me Connect With My Heritage

Saturday 3 August 2019 7:00 AM

Jendella Benson

The Inheritance We Have That We Shouldn't Take For Granted

Thursday 29 November 2018 7:00 AM

Niellah Arboine

Our National Treasures: The Black Women in Noughties British Music

Thursday 18 October 2018 7:00 AM

Chantal Korsah

How Black Literature Can Fill The Gaps Of White History

Friday 12 October 2018 7:00 AM

Candice Carty-Williams

Black British Television Will Always Be Important For The Culture

Friday 5 October 2018 7:09 AM

Samantha Asumadu

The Time Is Now: Thoughts On Legacy, Death And Publishing

Friday 27 July 2018 5:00 PM

Karen Rollins

The Conversation Around Slave Reparations Needs To Change

Tuesday 10 October 2017 6:43 AM

Louisa Adjoa Parker

Why Are People Threatened By An Ethnically Diverse British History?

Tuesday 12 September 2017 7:18 AM

Louisa Adjoa Parker

Long Before Windrush: Black Londoners Have Been Here For Centuries

Thursday 10 August 2017 12:23 PM

Louisa Adjoa Parker

Let's Talk About The Real Legacy of British Slavery

Thursday 15 June 2017 12:00 AM

Kemi Bamgbose

Black History Is For Everyone

Saturday 4 June 2016 12:01 PM

Charlene Badibanga

Lest We Forget: Remembering the Colonies' Contributions to Britain'...

Monday 27 October 2014 12:10 AM