Category: Black History.

Escaping slavery in America, Frederick Douglass found in Britain a powerful network of abolitionist support and the funds that would

In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize. Her victory marked a turning point

The most successful driver in Formula One history, Lewis Hamilton has used his global platform to advocate for diversity and

Over 10,000 West Indians volunteered for the RAF during the Second World War. This essay tells the story of the

A professional footballer who became the first Black officer to lead white troops in the British Army, Walter Tull’s life

The 1987 General Election was a watershed moment in British politics, as Diane Abbott, Bernie Grant, Paul Boateng, and Keith

From the first 19th-century students to the modern professional diaspora, Nigerians and Ghanaians have shaped British medicine, law, and culture

One of Britain’s oldest Muslim communities, the Somali presence dates back to the 19th-century ‘lascar’ sailors who settled in ports

In 1963, the Bristol Omnibus Company refused to employ Black or Asian workers. A young community organiser named Paul Stephenson

The Notting Hill Carnival — now Europe’s largest street festival — began not in the streets but in a town

Jacques Francis was a salvage diver from Guinea working on the wreck of the Mary Rose. In 1548, he became

The abolition of Britain’s slave trade in 1807 was the result of a decades-long struggle. But why did it succeed

Bristol’s prosperity was built on the slave trade. The city’s architecture, its institutions and its very street names bear witness

In 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered 132 enslaved people thrown overboard to their deaths. The case

In the summer of 1953, workmen carrying out road improvements near Beachy Head on the East Sussex coast disturbed a

When Kingslee Daley adopted the stage name Akala, he chose more than just a moniker. He signalled a commitment to

Olaudah Equiano stands as a seminal figure in the annals of Black history, his life epitomising the harrowing journey from

Summary of: New doubts cast on 1952 hanging – Widow seeks posthumous pardon The Guardian, Saturday, February 21, 1998 New

The Oxford Magazine September 1771 contained an article written by someone calling themselves The Cobbler of Cranbourne Alley. The cobbler

Marcus Rashford, MBE, is a professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Manchester United Football Club and the

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