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Black British History: Let's get educated!

Here are some websites and book suggestions to continue this educational journey. I hope some of these help you to understand the history of Black Britons.


General Overview of Black British History


The Black British History You May Not Know About

By Kameron Virk

Published: 8 June 2020

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-52939694


Black British history on record

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/black-history/



Black Involvement in World War I & II


A White Man's War? World War One and the West Indies

By Glenford D Howe

Published: 10 June 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/west_indies_01.shtml


David Olusoga: 'Black soldiers were expendable – then forgettable'

By David Olusoga

Published: 11 November 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/11/david-olusoga-black-soldiers-first-world-war-expendable

Mutiny: Hidden Histories of Black British Soldiers in WWI

By Administrator

Published: 9 January 2020

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/mutiny/



Racism on British Streets


1958 Notting Hill race riots

By Ed

Published: 1 March 2019

http://libcom.org/history/1958-notting-hill-race-riots


Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech marked him out as the prototype Trump

By Sean O'Grady

Published: 18 April 2018

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/enoch-powell-rivers-blood-speech-50-years-trump-immigration-right-wing-a8299211.html


After 44 years secret papers reveal truth about five nights of violence in Notting Hill

By Alan Travis

Published: 24 August 2002

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/aug/24/artsandhumanities.nottinghillcarnival2002


SUS LAW SPARKED RIOTS

By Emily Miller

Published: 28 May 2007

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sus-law-sparked-riots-478125


‘The man who shot my mum is still living his life’: Cherry Groce's son on life after police brutality

By Simon Hattenstone

Published: 5 September 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/05/the-man-who-shot-my-mum-is-still-living-his-life-cherry-groces-son-on-life-after-police-brutality


Brixton gun victim Cherry Groce 'was inspiration'

By Andy Dangerfield

Published: 10 July 2014

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28129201


NatCen Social Research: 30 years of British Social Attitudes self-reported racial prejudice data

https://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/media/38110/selfreported-racial-prejudice-datafinal.pdf




Books


Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Book by Reni Eddo-Lodge


Black and British: A Forgotten History

Book by David Olusoga


Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Book by Akala


Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain

Book by Peter Fryer






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