Professor Stephen Small, author of the recently published Black Liverpool, 'The real thing': West African, West Indian and Afro-American culture at the end of the twentieth century, introduces his new book in this blog post, touching on how different the history of Black Liverpool is to that of Black London, and the influences which makes … Continue reading
The colonised curriculum? Lessons from Black Victorian history…
Today, activists, students and educators are working to redress the many colonial legacies in our education systems. As well as challenging statues and monuments to colonial ‘great men’, decolonising approaches to education query the canon and traditional syllabi, inequalities of experience predicated on racism, and diversity measures that so often fail adequately to address them. … Continue reading
Fighting Racism, American Soccer and European Resistance: Lilian Thuram talks to Sports Illustrated
In a recent interview originally published in Sports Illustrated, Thuram discusses his involvement with America's growing initiative, Black Players for Change and European football's ongoing struggles with racism.
Spotlight on Black History: Free to read journal articles, plus 30% off selected e-book and print books
For August we are putting a spotlight on Aesthetics and the Environment, focusing on our Art, Architecture and Sculpture books, journals and digital collections.
I want to learn about Britain’s Black Past because…
We recently ran a competition to win a copy of Britain's Black Past, where we asked people on twitter to complete the sentence "I want to learn about Britain's Black Past because..." - here are some of our favourite responses.
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