2 min readBlack History: Sons of Africa Olaudah Equiano & Ottobah Cugoano OLAUDAH EUIANO: WRITER AND ABOLITIONIST Known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa, Olaudah Equiano was a writer and abolitionist from...
1 min readBlack History: Frederick Douglass social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He escaped slavery in Maryland, and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York
3 min readTAOBQ Request English Heritage Change The Erroneous Wording On Claudia Jones PlaqueBy: Kwaku An imminent Claudia Jones blue plaque has recently been the subject of a news item on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and in...
2 min readRemembering Malcom X on his 97th birthdayThursday 19 May marks the day that historic civil rights figure Malcom X would have turned 97 years old.
2 min readReal Black History: African and Caribbean Service War Personnel rememberedMore than 2 million African and Caribbean Military Servicemen and Servicewomen’s participated in WWI and WWII.
7 min readBlack History Education: Historic Statues we would like to see!Records show that black men and women have lived in Britain since at least the 12th century, read about the pioneers of real black history
2 min readGuildhall report suggests William Beckford and Sir John Cass statues linked to slavery should remainThe report recommends that the Sir John Cass and William Beckford statutes should stay, as long as there is explanatory plaques or...
4 min readBlack History makers: A tribute to two iconic moments. One salute and one Million black menThis year has its own anniversaries of two significant events in black history