Caribbean History articles
George Padmore to be commemorated this summer with a heritage plaque in North London One of the most influential political thinkers of the 20th century is to be commemorated this summer with a heritage plaque in North London. Cranleigh Street in Camden will be the site of the capital’s latest blue plaque, where George Padmore […]
The BCA archive collection numbers over 10,000 historical archive documents, spanning some five centuries, from letters and personal papers to periodicals, ephemera and photographs. Over the past 29 years, the BCA has amassed a varied and unique collection of material relating to the lives of people of African and African-Caribbean descent in the UK. An […]
Portraits, People and Abolition: A Journey through the National Portrait Gallery Collection 2007 marked the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Act of Parliament that legally ended British involvement in the trading of African people to serve as slave labour in the Americas, the West Indies and Europe. To commemorate the anniversary, a newly […]
Tongues on Fire: a tribute to the Black Panthers Tongues on Fire: a tribute to the Black Panthers Directed by David Murray with The Roots, The Last Poets, Doctor L, and the visuals of Emory Douglas Produced by the Barbican A unique musical tribute to the cultural influence of 1960s African-American radicals the Black Panthers, […]
HINDSITES Claudia Jones Walk Led by Jacqui Charles with special guest Rudolph Walker OBE Did you know that the first ever UK Carnival took place in St Pancras Town Hall, Euston (now the Camden Centre) in 1959, organised by the woman known as the Mother of Carnival, Claudia Jones. Founder of Britain’s 1st Black newspaper […]