Black History Month & Windrush: Inspiring, Engaging, Magazine & Newsletters – Innovating, Challenging Perceptions… Always One Step Ahead!
Rural life in wartime Britain movie clips often omit Black faces but this little girl was an exception. Archived footage shows the little Black girl, jolly as ever, being crowned Queen of the May alongside her colleagues beaming and wearing a beautiful dress as she is presented to the judges during the Spring Festival. Who […]
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The latest report published by the House of Lords and the House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights. This is the section on Covid-19 and the impact on the Black Community The impact of Covid-19 on the Black community has been disproportionately severe. According to research by Public Health England the highest rates […]
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By Joy Sigaud Official guide to Who’s Who in the Jamaican Diaspora Remembering those who have contributed so much in the past and those who continue to contribute to the enhancement of the community and the wider population of Britain. Order your copy now here
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Click to read The magazine: available in selected major supermarkets. A big thank you to our readers and supporters. We have been informed by the supermarkets that the uptake was 100% within the first few days of Black History Month 2020. If you missed it you can read it here
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By A.S. Francis In the face of adversity and many challenges, the Black Liberation Front was a well structured organisation which made a huge impact within the Black diasporas as well as internationally. It’s legacy stands as a blueprint for activism today. The Black Liberation Front (BLF) was formed in 1971 and to date was […]
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By Joy Sigaud 2020 has been a pivotal year for the Black Community of Great Britain and it is not over yet. As well as being disproportionately represented victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, police attempts to undermine and humiliate Black people has come to the fore, thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement. Welcoming the […]
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Lady Colin Campbell, Jamaican Royal Commentator and Bestselling Author Interview by Joy Sigaud From fashion student to royal confidante, from aristocracy to Black history, the wonderfully straight talking Lady Colin Campbell gives Joy Sigaud some insight into her reasoning and life from her perspective. J.Sigaud The public know you as the illustrious straight talking aristocrat […]
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Africa Outside HUSH! Did Rachel weep for her children? Yes, Who wept for me? Hush, the day has dawned Hush, are these the lost of Africa? Hush! Lost! Never! We are easily identifiable No matter how diluted So hush, Let your heart not weep How many prophets have we had How many slain? Hush, […]
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1st October 2020 Welcome to Black History Month 2020 Editions Lifestyle Magazine. Black History Month UK celebrates the lives and contributions of the Afro-Caribbean and African diasporas in Britain irrespective of their origins. Since the first official Black History Month in 1987, which was created to fill the void in knowledge about the history of […]
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Click below to read: 30th September 2020: The magazine is available in selected major supermarkets. A big thank you to our readers, distributors and supporters. We have been informed by the supermarkets that the uptake was 100% within days, so they have thankfully now all gone but you can still read it here
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“BLACK BRITISH HISTORY IS ALL OUR HISTORY” For countless generations people of African and Caribbean descent have been shaping our nation’s story, making a huge difference to our national and cultural life and helping to make Britain a better place to be. It is this contribution of black British people that I am proud to […]
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WINDRUSH FOUNDATION presents GLENDA CAESAR Glenda arrived with her mother in the UK in 1961 from Dominica ‘as a babe in arms’. She first found out she wasn’t British and could not get a passport after trying to visit her dying mother in the Caribbean in 1998. In 2009, Glenda was sacked from her part-time […]
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By Joy Sigaud. Patrick Vernon OBE and Dr Angelina Osbourne’s eagerly awaited 100 Great Black Britons 2020 has gone straight to number 1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Biography Reference with orders for the hardback and number 4 for the kindle version. Not surprisingly, of course, as the original 100 Great Black Britons, first […]
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The Guardian has launched a Black History Timeline Poster. The first in the series was published on 11th July and every day this week from Monday 13th to Friday 17th others will follow. The series documents key historical moments and the Black Lives Matter movement of the past decade. View the interactive wall chart here: […]
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Whilst we were waiting for Covid 19 to arrive from the East and whilst the powers that be were saying the old were particularly vulnerable and young people had no need to worry, we had no real comprehension of exactly what it would mean for our society. China was on lockdown and we all watched […]
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