Tag: Black british history Behind the scenesAn interview with artist Ngadi SmartTuesday 12 September 2023We hear from Sierra Leonean artist Ngadi Smart, whose artwork, Windrush Stories is on...Records and research‘Brown Babies’: The children born to black GI and white British women during the Second World WarMonday 4 January 2021In January 1942, after the US had entered the war, a large number of...Records and research‘Racism Past and Present’: Mixing therapeutic practice with archival researchThursday 19 November 2020Earlier this year, before the COVID-19 outbreak, The National Archives and Stillpoint Spaces embarked...Records and researchBefore Notting Hill: Causeway Green and Britain’s anti-black hostel riotsMonday 22 June 2020The dominant narrative of post-war ‘race’ relations in Britain begins with the Empire Windrush...Records and researchThe Shim Sham Club: ‘London’s miniature Harlem’Wednesday 5 February 2020Queer club culture in the 1930s was vibrant and varied, especially in the growing...Records and researchResist: Black Power in the courtroomThursday 30 January 2020In 1965 Britain passed the Race Relations Act, making it illegal to refuse service...Archives and archivistsRaising awareness of the 1919 ‘Race Riots’ in LiverpoolWednesday 12 June 2019The 1919 race riots were the first time many in Britain became aware of...Records and researchPolicing the powder puff in 1930s LondonTuesday 3 April 2018On the evening of Saturday 14 November 1936, 28 year old Arthur Agate –...Records and researchYoung, British and black: opposing race discriminationTuesday 10 January 2017On 15 September 1973 Lorne Horsford was refused entry to the Mecca Palais dance hall…...Behind the scenesAn afternoon with the Mangrove NineMonday 1 August 2016We hosted a visit from some of the key figures in the British Black...Records and researchCrossing continents: textile designs for the West African marketWednesday 2 March 2016A closer look at some fresh and vibrant textile designs intended for export to...Archives and archivistsDiversity in archivesMonday 18 January 2016Are Diverse History months still important or do they confine an already marginalised history... 1 2 »