Hull Black History

We where delighted to attend this Black Climate Event at Hull Truck Theatre. Thank you very much to Dowda and Michael, it was a really interesting topic.

Bridlington’s Black History presentation at Bridlington Spa.

It was delight to welcome Bridlington down to Bridlington Spa. For Bridlington’s Black History presentation.

Great show at Art Link with HullAfro Caribbean.

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Hull Museums Wilberforce Institute Hull City Council Hull History Centre

SUGGESTED READING:
WINDRUSH The Irresistibile Rise of Multi-racial Britain, Mike Phillips & Trevor Phillips, 1998.

‘Fifty years ago, five hundred West Indians made a thirty-day journey across the Atlantic in an ageing merchant ship, the Empire Windrush. The become the catalyst of far reaching and significant changes in British society. For the first time, here were communities from outside the British Isles that would blend into the background. British society faced an entirely new challenge.’

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SUGGESTED READING:
Black Teacher, Beryl Gilroy, 1976, 2021.

‘On arriving in London in 1952, her dream was to teach, little did she expect the colour bar to block her from jobs in schools. Instead, she found herself serving as a lady’s maid to an Empire-loving aristocrat, working admitst the East End’s bombiste’s and raising two children in Suburbia.’

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SUGGESTED READING:
Steal Away: Freed Slaves Stories of Life on the Plantation, Mississippi, FWP, 2019.

‘These first-person accounts of African-Americans born as slaves are extremely heart-breaking, unintelligible, and highly informative. In Mississippi, Clara Young's recounting of her pregnant 17-year-old cousin being beaten to death by an overseer and everyone being afraid that they would meet the same fate illuminates not only the horrifying conditions of slavery, but the resilience of a people who, though traumatized daily, continued to hold on to the reigns of life.’

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SUGGESTED READING:
African & Caribbean Folktales Mythes & Legends, Wendy Shearer, 2021.

‘Dance the night away at the Headless Dance, cheat Death with Anansi the trickster, climb to the moon with a spoiled prince, discover how the leopard got his spots and much, much more in this fabulous collection of African and Caribbean folktales, mythes and legends, bound in a beautiful new edition.’

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‘It’s been a long time coming, but I know change is gunna come.’ - Sam Cooke

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