Tag: Black history Records and researchBlack boxers and the colour bar in 20th century BritainWednesday 26 July 2023We take a closer look at boxing as a cultural arena for 20th-century debates...Records and researchIntersectional queer lives on the 1921 CensusWednesday 11 January 2023Queer lives on the census are a minority, even more so when combined with...Records and researchGarveyism: A letter from the black working classThursday 25 August 2022Some years ago a letter in our collection from a group of black working-class...Records and researchThe Empire Windrush and the post-war ships that came beforeWednesday 22 June 2022Seventy-four years ago today, The Empire Windrush landed at Tilbury Docks in Essex carrying...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... 1 2 »