Black History
Black History, uk
The Official Guide to Black History Month
Black History Month has been celebrated in the UK for over 30 years, each year growing from strength to strength. Talent media’s BHM, (The Official Guide to Black History Month) is the central focus for this nationwide celebration of BME achievement, history, and culture. (London E14)
Black History Walks
In 100 minutes your guide will take you through hundreds of years of the African presence, and contribution, to London’s way of life. Discover secret alleyways and enormous buildings all connected to Africa and the Caribbean in ways which the owners do not want you to know. Find out about black loyalists and African revolutionaries. Uncover the submerged links between racism, trade, religion, slavery and politics which are still evident in the very streets and buildings of the oldest part of London. (Harrow)
Brighton and Hove Black History
One member of our group, Bert Williams, has spent a great deal of time researching Brighton and Hove’s local Black history. Following our launch in October 2002, we will be adding to the material collected by Bert through a series of outreach workshops in the local community over the next 6 months. We will be using video, creative writing, audio interviews and photos to gather people’s input and we will work with a wide cross section of the local community (both white and black). (Brighton BN1)
100 Great Black Britons
007 is the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the BritishEmpire. On 22 January 2007, the Prime Minister hosted a reception for grassroots groups involved in the bicentenary and announced a package of events to commemorate the Bicentenary, centred on the following themes: * Raising awareness of the slave trade and its abolition * Commemorating those who suffered and died, and those who struggled for abolition * Focusing on the legacy of slavery and on contemporary injustice and inequality, and in particular what the Government and its partners are doing to.. (Online Only)