Tag: Black history Records and research20sPeople: ‘A Stranger in a Strange Place’Tuesday 9 November 2021‘A Stranger in a Strange Place’ follows on from ‘Once British Always British’, two...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 researchAfrican Princess in Guy’s: The story of Princess Adenrele AdemolaWednesday 13 May 2020From Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent to Princess Alice of Greece, princess nurses have...Records and research‘The black man and his party’: William Cuffey, Chartist leaderThursday 19 October 2017Black History Month offers an opportunity to highlight the significant but often overlooked contribution...Behind the scenesDigitising and conserving black cultural historyMonday 13 February 2017I prepared and conserved the Adamah Family Collection before digitisation - a challenging project...Behind the scenesAn afternoon with the Mangrove NineMonday 1 August 2016We hosted a visit from some of the key figures in the British Black...Archives and archivistsDiversity in archivesMonday 18 January 2016Are Diverse History months still important or do they confine an already marginalised history...Records and researchLet’s talk about the Mangrove NineMonday 11 January 2016‘Have you heard of the Mangrove Nine before?’ ‘Have you heard of Martin Luther...Records and researchRights, resistance and racism: the story of the Mangrove NineWednesday 21 October 2015How resistance to repeated raids on a Notting Hill restaurant marked a key moment...Records and researchCarnival: bringing a ‘little bit of heaven’ to Notting HillFriday 28 August 2015The August bank holiday weekend is iconic as the weekend of Notting Hill Carnival...Records and researchBlack History Month – the movement for black civil rights in BritainThursday 2 October 2014I recently booked to see the successful musical the Scottsboro Boys, a theatre adaptation...
