STORIES THAT CONNECT GENERATIONS
1987—2027
40 years of Black History Month in the UK
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Sorting letters, carrying deliveries and keeping offices running gave Black workers a place in one of Britain’s major public services. Their experiences connect the practical demands…
The 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…
The struggle for land and independence drew fighters, families and organisers into a war that reshaped Kenya. Its history includes resistance, divisions within communities, mass detention…
Forced cotton cultivation, coercive labour and the struggle to control everyday life helped drive a widespread war against German colonial rule. African testimony, archaeological research and…
Behind 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…
Diane-Louise Jordan became Blue Peter’s first Black presenter in 1990, beginning a long relationship with British television audiences. Her work has since reached radio listeners, schoolchildren…