Racist Immigration Laws, 1 October
Above: White demostrators oppose racial discrimination in England 1965Wednesday 1st October 7.00pm-9.00pm Swiss Cottage Library, Tube: Swiss Cottage,. Free entry, first come first served While presenting a fair and just approach in public the laws passed by Tory and Labour governments have operated to reduce non-white immigration but encourage Europeans. Using old news reports, de-classified […]
How Black People Won World War 2 ! 29 September
Above: Elite Nigerian 81st Division known as the Black Tarantulas as painted in Burma by Captain Hugh Micklem Monday 29th September 6pm-8.30pm West Indian Ex Services Commission, 161-167 Clapham Manor Road SW4 Tube: Clapham North.Free entry: first come, first served A detailed and extensive look at the African and Caribbean war effort with video clips […]
Black Women; Hair, Skin and Beauty, 28 September
Sunday 28th September 12.30pm-5.00pmConference Room, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1Tube: Lambeth North.Free entry: First come,first served Please bring a donationThis event is always ram-off to see why click http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dmUVXGfJ4Yc In association with Inspired Black Women we present three films and workshops on the history and legacy of the beauty of black women. Films include: […]
Where Does your Allegiance Lie? 27 September
Above: men from the 332nd fighter group based in Ramitelli Italy. They were such expert pilots they never lost a plane in combatSaturday 27th September 1pm-4.30pm Conference Room, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1,Tube: Lambeth North.Free entry: First come,first served.Please bring a donation www.iwm.org.uk An investigation of loyalty within the British Empire and what it […]
400 years of Black British Heroes, 26 September
Above: 1983,Colin Roach was in Stoke Newington police station when he was shot in the head with a shotgun. Police stated it was suicide. The family organised mass demonstrations and community action. Friday 26th September 7.15pm-10.30pm Family Health Isis Clinic. Admission £5.00 (next to main Post Office, opp Catford Theatre) 183-185 Rushey Green, Catford SE6. Dr […]
How Cuba Freed Africa, 20 September
Above: Female Cuban soldiers were crucial in the battle against Apartheid in Angola Saturday 20 September 2.00pm-4.30pmBFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1Tube: Waterloo.Admission £5.00 Box office 0207 928 3232 website: www.bfi.org.uk The full story of Cuba’s direct and continuing influence on the history of the world is not widely known . In […]
Before War and Windrush, 26 July
(left) Gershon Brown (Guyana) served in World War 1 and fought in a crucial battle in Palestine against the Turkish Army who were allies of the Germans (right) Eugent Clarke (Jamaica) also served in the British West Indies Regiment and was present at Taranto when the troops rebelled against being told to clean the toilets […]
The Black Image /Black Women; Hair, Skin and Beauty, 22 June
Sunday 22nd June 1.30-5pmConference Room, Imperial War MuseumTube: Lambeth North, Free entry: Please bring a donationThis event is repeated in honour of Connie Marks and the Windrush Generation Black Women; Hair, Skin and Beauty Saturday 28th June 1pm-5.00pm Museum in Docklands, West India Quay (Docklands Light Railway) Free entry: first come,first served Please bring a […]
The Floella Benjamin Story Plus Blacks Britannica, 1 June
This event is repeated in honour of Connie Marks and the Windrush generationSunday 1st June 3pm-5.15pmNational Portrait Gallery, St Martins Lane,Tube: Leicester SquareFree entry: First come,first served Please bring a donation www.npg.org.uk Coming to England’ is a sixty minute film adaptation of Floella Benjamin’s fantastic 1994 book . It tells the story of a her […]
Rue De Case Negres (Black Shack Alley) 17 May
Saturday 17 May 2.00pm-4.30pmBFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1Tube: Waterloo. Admission £5.00 Box office 0207 928 3232www.bfi.org.uk Award winning adaptation of Joseph Zobells initially banned novel.Set in Martinique in the 1930s, this award-winning adaptation of Joseph Zobel’s novel follows the struggles of a young boy as he fights for his future. With […]