Tag: Black history month Archives and archivistsArchives in the Art Room: How can documents inspire?Thursday 27 October 2022From October 2021 to February 2022, The National Archives Education Service launched its first...Records and researchBlack GIs arrive in Britain (Part two)Thursday 20 October 2022The first white American troops landed in Northern Ireland in January 1942, and they...Records and researchThe Morant Bay Rebellion, October 1865Wednesday 19 October 2022On 12 October 1865, John Davidson, a magistrate in the east of Jamaica, wrote...Records and researchBlack GIs arrive in Britain (Part one)Friday 14 October 2022Several years ago I recall hearing a story about villagers in the West Country...Records and researchLieutenant Euan Lucie-Smith ‘reported missing’: A mother’s enquiryTuesday 4 October 2022Collections held by The National Archives offer an important opportunity to explore the significant...Records and researchResearching Black history in the 1921 CensusSaturday 1 October 2022The release of the 1921 Census has allowed people to uncover some fascinating stories,...Records and researchForgotten victims of war: Black merchant seamen interned in the Second World WarFriday 29 October 2021To mark the end of Black History Month I would like to share with...Records and researchHome truths: Improving community relations by funding trips to Commonwealth countriesFriday 22 October 2021In 1969 the Central Office of Information (COI) made a film about a scheme...Records and researchW E B Du Bois: Letter to LondonThursday 29 October 2020In May 1921 W E B Du Bois wrote to Winston Churchill, then Secretary...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...Archives and archivistsThe power of photography: Black History Month at Roehampton LibraryFriday 8 November 2019As part of Black History Month, the Outreach team at The National Archives decamped...Records and researchThe liberation struggle in the Congo and the strange death of Patrice LumumbaWednesday 23 October 2019Following the end of the Second World War, the African continent underwent rapid decolonization... 1 2 »