Talks on African History of London
Black History Walks has over 50 interactive, short to long multi-media presentations which can be delivered to assemblies, classes, community groups or staff associations. Previous audiences include Bank of England, Houses of Parliament, Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, UBS, Citigroup, Northern Trust, Norton Rose Fulbright, Morgan Stanley, HM Treasury, Department of Education and Skills, Royal Holloway University, Kent University, Care Quality Commission, CONEL, The Red Cross, Westminster Council, Ofcom, Science Museum, NHS, Cottons Restaurant and West Thames College.
The list of talks below is not exhaustive, bespoke presentations can be arranged. Community Cohesion and PVE training also available.
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Topics include…..
How Black People Won World War 2
A detailed and extensive look at the African, Caribbean and Asian war effort with video clips and interviews with black Spitfire & bomber pilots, Nigerian and Somali troops fighting in Burma, black and asian women secret agents, u-boats in the Caribbean and the importance of Africa and India’s raw materials
Thank you so much for coming into our school on Friday. Your talk was really inspiring and so valuable to our students. It was great to see them so engaged’. Rebecca Howard, Canons High School, Queensbury
What were Black People doing in World War 1?
An explanation of the crucial role Africa, Asia and the Caribbean played in WW1. Interviews with Jamaican WW1 veterans, West India Regiment in Palestine, black and asian fighter pilots, the Herero genocide, German colonies in Africa and how that affected geography and WW2
“I wanted to tell you that the lecture given by BHW at the Imperial War Musuem on 26th July was brilliant! When I came home, my parents were really excited about how much I had learnt…my Dad has always enouraged me to get a full picture of British history and until the lecture yesterday I hadn’t fully realised how much of a void there is in the British History that is readily available at schools and Universities.
I am a student at Lancaster University and I study the First World War but I knew nothing about the involvement of Black British Soldiers! “ Faye Grimes
400 Years of Black Women Resistance Leaders
A three-hour comprehensive sample of African women who resisted invasion, slavery and racist policies. Includes Queen Nzinga,Yaa Asantewa, Claudia Jones, Rosa Parks, Josephine Baker, Doris Pilkington, Mende Nazer, Mavis Best, Dame Joceyln Barrow, Una Marson and more. Covers UK, North and South America, the Caribbean and Africa
British Wealth =African Poverty
An overview of the economic effects of British trade policies on Africa and the Caribbean An overview of the economic effects of British and American trade policies on Africa and the Caribbean. Covers the IMF, World Bank and EU, farming policies, war, refugees, immigration with examples from Jamaica, Ghana, Congo, Haiti and Sierra Leone and the connections between the UN and the arms trade
African-British Civil Rights Heroes 1596-2006
The bias in schools gives the impression that racism and civil rights was an American issue and totally ignores the struggles Black British people endured. This presentation will provide the names and achievements of those black people born or resident here that fought against British racism over the last 400 years. Includes Thomas Peters, Ottobah Cuguano, Robert Wedderburn, Olaudah Equiano, Phyllis Wheatley, Learie Constantine, Bus Boycott 1963, Scrap Sus Campaign, Dame Jocelyn Barrow, virginity testing at Heathrow, deaths in custody, Saturday schools, housing segregation
