Black history
Origination
Brings together the wealth of web resources that record and celebrate the contributions
of immigrant cultures to British history.
- 70 Years of Black TV Drama in Britain
Article that traces the participation (or lack of it) of black people in British TV drama from the 1950s to the present. - The British Slave Trade: A chronology
From the first British slave trader Sir John Hawkins to the Slavery Abolition Act and US Emancipation Proclamation. - The Empire Pays Back
Should the companies and other institutions that profited from the slave trade apologise and pay reparations? - Empire's Children
Trace and tell your family's empire stories. Stories, histories, research guides, videos. - Forbidden
Fruit
Taboo and titillation, racial pride and prejudice – these mark the story of love and sex between black and white people. This site looks at how people's curiosity of the exotic was poisoned by the violence and brutality of the plantations. The timeline includes key dates along the route to racial harmony. - Haile Selassie
Ethiopia's last emperor and the Rastafarians’ messiah. - Howard Goodall’s Great Dates
Goodall shows that great pieces of music are not freak accidents of genius but the direct products of their time, place, culture and politics (Channel 4 Learning). - Idi Amin Dada
The brutal dictator of Uganda, who died in obscurity in Saudi Arabia. - Immigration
Accessible history of immigration into Britain from the time of the Romans to the present. - Julius Nyerere
Tanzania’s first president who favoured of government that reflected African society. - Kwame Nkrumah
The first black African to lead his country – Ghana – to independence. - Malcolm X
African-American leader who turned from separatism to the brotherhood of Islam. - Martin Luther King
African-American civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. - Mary
Seacole: The real angel of the Crimea
The extraordinary life of the Caribbean-born nurse Mary Seacole, who became famous for her pioneering work in caring for British troops during the Crimean War. Why was she so swiftly forgotten after her death? - Nelson Mandela
Black activist who, after 26 years’ imprisonment, became president of South Africa. - The Other Band of Brothers: Execution on the Home Front
How the racism in the American and British armies impacted on the black and Asian soldiers who fought in them. - Race in the 20th Century
This C4 Learning website explores the representations of empire and immigration in Britain and civil rights in the United States. - The Slave Trade and the Industrial Revolution
How the slave trade helped Britain become the 'workshop of the world' while reinforcing a racist view of Africans. - Victorians
Uncovered
Lifts the skirts of 19th-century respectability to reveal the naked truth beneath: child prostitution; sex and race; birth control; divorce.
