History

Travel through Black British history and culture in the United Kingdom

In collaboration with

Historic England

English Heritage

Notting Hill Carnival

People's History Museum

National Museums Liverpool

Black Cultural Archives

City of London Corporation

Culture Liverpool

Bristol Museums

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

Manx National Heritage

A Movement not a Moment

Explore the years of activism and change with Jasmine Thompson's artwork

Documenting history through art

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Making history with Marcus Rashford

The struggles and successes of a sporting legend

The Writing's on the Wall: Marcus Rashford

Take a virtual tour through the mural and messages in Withington

Documenting change

Explore the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, through the perspectives of the people involved

Black Lives Matter

The fall of the Edward Colston statue

Learn why 10,000 people gathered in Bristol

Black Lives Matter

Photographing Manchester's protests

A collection of moving images by photographer Jake Hardy

Black Lives Matter

Preserving the placards

Listen to how Manx National Heritage is documenting the movement

The history of protest

Learn about the rich history of trying to unite the community

How the History of Protest Can Be Seen in Black British Pop Culture Today

Kemi Alemoru explores the unrest, resistance, and unity across black art and expression

Liverpool's Black Community

Learn about the history of the oldest Black community in Europe

Spotlight on Manchester

Discover the key figures and collections of Manchester

People's History Museum: In Conversation With Actor Alfred Enoch and Jenny Mabbott

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See the collections dedicated to Democracy

Sports and the community

Learn about Manchester rich history across football and athletics

Spotlight on Greater Manchester

Remarkable people from the regions of Manchester

5 Black business leaders

Get inspired by the Black entrepreneurs making a difference in Manchester

3 Black Figures to know from Manchester

Take a journey through the history and stories of these key black pioneers

5 Black Pioneers of Manchester

A celebration of prominent black figures who have impacted arts, education and politics

The freethinkers

Meet pioneering people, activists, and risk takers who made their mark on history

Forgotten histories

Learn about the people and their stories

8 Overlooked Figures in Black British History

Patrick Vernon profiles figures from the past to the present day who deserve recognition

5 Forgotten Black and Asian Figures Who Made History

From royalty and iconic British sites

The story of the Windrush generation

Caribbean communities in post-war Britain

A Closer Look At The Years Between 1948 and 1962

The early post-war settlement and development of the Black community in Brixton

Travel through time

Locations, buildings, and landscapes that tell an important story

Key Sites Connected to the Transatlantic Slave Trade in London

Take a tour with Blue Badge Guide Dominic Burris-North

London Locations and The Slave Trade

Explore the places that played a key part in history

Sites of Slavery

Places connecting us to a challenging aspect of our past

Places of Black History

How the historic environment helps to tell the story of Black lives in Britain

The voices of history

Re-imagining the stories, sites and sounds of historic events

The Making of Stories, Sites and Sounds with Chineke!

How can heritage provide us with inspiration for making music? Find out from these young musicians as they share their creative process!

What is Shout Out Loud?

Learn about the National Youth Programme representing history today

Finding our Voices

Watch five new monologues, shining a light on the lives of the Caribbean Prisoners of War

Uncovering their Journey

Explore the stories of the Prisoners of War who were held at Portchester Castle

Freedom and Revolution

How do you take a historic play informed by real events and re-imagine it for 21st century performance?

Celebrating Black achievements

Spotlighting scientist, sportstarts and supermodels with The Voice

What is The Voice?

Discover the history and impact of the only Black and British newspaper running for almost 40 years

Yesterday's heroes are today's poetry

How Black British history is inspiring this modern day poet

Dean Atta on the Influence of Black British History

The influential poet explores how figures from our past and present day have inspired his work and are changing the course of history

Making a movement

How the Black community became empowered in the 1970s and 80s

A history of education campaigning

Len Garrison, ACER, and the British education system

The Black Power Movement

Their manifesto, the social issues they explored, and their fascinating alliances in the UK and abroad

The 1981 Brixton Uprising

The events that led up to the riots and the response of the Brixton Defence Campaign

Black feminism

Learning from the past to inspire the future

Have Women of Color Been Written Out of The Women's Movement?

Writer Yomi Adegoke looks back at Black women’s history of activism in Britain

The Black Women's Movement

Discover the origins of OWAAD and its early feminist campaigners

Do not pass go

Activist Stella Dadzie takes a humorous look at inequality

Zoom in to 'Womanopoly'

A board game that demonstrates injustices for women in society

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