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 ?
Above: packed house at the Imperial war Museum October 2015 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 […]
200 years of Black Troops in British Armies Sat 8 Oct 12.30pm
200 years of Black Soldiers in White Wars Saturday 8th October 12.30-2.00pm Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road SE1 Tube: Lambeth North. Adm: Free. First come, first served Bring pen and pad and be on time www.iwm.org.uk Many people are surprised that there were Jamaican Spitfire pilots and Somali soldiers in the Second World War. The […]
The Negro Soldier Sat 20.11.10
Above: Black Soldier in the German army in Africa World War 1 The Negro Soldier plus Q and A with Jim Pines Saturday 20th November 2pm-5pm BFI SouthBank Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. Tickets £5.00 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk The Negro Soldier (1944), Propaganda and Mobilising African Americans in World War Two Sections of […]