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Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearean actor
Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearan actor
Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Vivian Anderson - first Black Briton to play for the senior men's England national football team
Vivian Anderson- first Black Briton to play for the senior men's England national football team
Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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Kathleen Wrasama - dedicated her life to helping the Black community in Britain
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with East African heritage Kathleen Wrasama
Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 23, 20227 min read
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African American GIs in the UK during 2WW - crossing the colour bar
As part of our Sharing Journeys campaign for #BHMUK22 we examine how African American GIs crossed the colour bar in the UK during 2WW
Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 22, 20227 min read
1,527 views
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Jessica Huntley - political reformer, women's rights activist and pioneering British publisher
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with North and South American heritage.
Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 16, 20226 min read
809 views
Caribbean Artist Movement: pushed the boundaries of what was considered to be art
As part of our Sharing Journeys campaign for #BHMUK22 we examine the highly influential Caribbean Arts Movement (CAM) of the 1960s and 1970s
Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 10, 20226 min read
500 views
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John La Rose - was a writer, publisher & political organiser who changed the lives of Black Britons
Black History Month UK 2022 'Sharing Journeys' campaign - exploring the lives of Britons with Caribbean heritage
Maya Bello-Taylor
Oct 10, 20226 min read
842 views
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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
916 views
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
1,153 views
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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
1,591 views
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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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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
3,256 views
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
302 views
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