Patrick Vernon: Making Black British Lives Part of the National Story
The campaigner and coauthor of 100 Great Black Britons has connected family history, Windrush remembrance and public health through decades of community work.
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Family History and Memories
Family photographs, personal accounts, recorded memories, and practical guides to researching and preserving family history.
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The New Cross Fire, 1981: The Lives Lost and the Campaign for Answers
Read the article: The New Cross Fire, 1981: The Lives Lost and the Campaign for AnswersA birthday party became a tragedy that families and survivors would carry for decades. The history of New Cross brings together the young lives lost, the…
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Black Youth Clubs in Britain: Places to Gather, Learn and Organise
Read the article: Black Youth Clubs in Britain: Places to Gather, Learn and OrganiseFrom church halls and photography darkrooms to basketball courts and community centres, Black young people made places where friendship, learning and confidence could grow. Their histories…
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Children of Black American GIs: Family and Belonging in Post-war Britain
Read the article: Children of Black American GIs: Family and Belonging in Post-war BritainThe children of Black American servicemen and white British women grew up in many kinds of families. Their memories reveal affection, separation and prejudice, and the…
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Windrush Children: Separation, Reunion and Growing Up in Britain
Read the article: Windrush Children: Separation, Reunion and Growing Up in BritainBehind the story of postwar Caribbean migration were children waiting, travelling and learning to live with unfamiliar parents. Their accounts reveal the work of keeping families…
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Catherine Ross: Keeping Caribbean Family History Alive
Read the article: Catherine Ross: Keeping Caribbean Family History AliveThrough Museumand, Catherine Ross has helped turn treasured possessions and family memories into public history. Working with her daughter Lynda Burrell, she has taken Caribbean heritage…