Film makers wanted to celebrate the Windrush Generation
Budding and established film makers are being sought to produce a short compelling film based on the Windrush generation. Film
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Black history
Black history: Should it be part of the wider curriculum?
Black History Month in the UK is officially in October, but an educational group, The Black Curriculum, is pushing for
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Windrush Day 2020 launches with 500k for communities
Communities across the country will share £500,000 to host events marking the second national Windrush Day, Communities Secretary Rt Hon
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Five Volumes for Toni Morrison 12 – 14 March 2020
In a way, her strangeness, her naiveté, her craving for the other half of her equation was the consequence of
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The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, one of the oldest Roman Catholic girls’ schools in the nation, has long celebrated the vision and generosity
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‘If You Love the God of Love…’ How a Slave Became a Black Founding Father of America
From his young years, Richard Allen knew the humiliating and dehumanizing pain of being a slave. Born in 1760, his
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Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor
The US Navy is to name its new aircraft carrier after a black sailor who fought in World War II.
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Martin Luther King Jr. quotes to mark Martin Luther King Day
Today is Martin Luther King Day, a day where we honour the achievements of the trailblazing civil rights leader, Martin
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How does black hair reflect black history?
Black hair has been an integral feature of black history – from African tribal styles to dreadlocks and the afro.
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Found: The Oldest-Known Photograph of Enslaved African Americans With Cotton
The image is simple and haunting. Ten enslaved African-American people stand in front of a two-story, white clapboard building, some
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Why is the Sam Sharpe Lecture important?
The Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Jamaica Baptist Union are committed to walking the ways of God’s justice.
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The Knot and Pinterest will no longer promote slave plantations
The wedding venues are often said to have a “touch of southern charm.” One boasts of an 18th-century plantation home
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Windrush Compensation Scheme – Addressing misleading media coverage by Martin Forde QC
In May 2018, I was appointed the Independent Adviser to the Windrush Compensation Scheme, as the Home Office recognised that
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The GIFT of Drawing on History – 30 Years of OUR ROOTS by Tayo Fatunla
OUR ROOTS has been a Black history cartoon column series featured in various publications at different times – and also
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Radar finds 145, mostly African American graves, buried under Florida school
The graves of 145 people have been discovered under a high school in Tampa, in the US state of Florida.
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