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voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2… Aston Villa pay homage to lifelong fan Benjamin Zephaniah The Birmingham creative loved his football and Villa in particular and the Midlands outfit have paid tribute to the legendary dub poet and writer

A local resident in Poynings is helping us in #Brighton #Hove #Blackhistory uncover a fascinating story about a previously little known Black resident of Brighton James Henry Hubbard who lived on Dyke Road Brighton. Watch this space!

On our way to “Beyond the baseline” exhibition at British Library #Brighton #BlackHistory Brighton & Hove Black History Writing Our Legacy | Covert 4 Magazine out now! African Night Fever community outing! Looking good 🔴Lashabert :)

Today we took a group of writers & artists from Writing Our Legacy | Covert 4 Magazine out now! to see the mighty Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music exhibition at British Library with friends from Brighton & Hove Black History African Night Fever. Awesome, so much archive, art & music! thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/timeslot/beyon…

Dr. Bert Williams MBE Brighton & Hove Black History captivated us with his insights into the hidden Black history of Brighton & Hove! 🖤 In conversation with Dara Jafari, he shared his journey from Jamaica to the UK and his two-decade project promoting racial equality. #BrightonSummit

This is what Brighton MP Sian Berry had to say in parliament about Brighton & Hove Black History, much respect Bert

If you missed our #brighton and #hove # blackhistory bus tour last month you can watch it on the ITV news here youtu.be/GSTYFDPWq7Y (film credit:Meridian news)

eventbrite.co.uk/e/billy-waters… Stephen Bourne Black History Month 2025 Institute of Race Relations Black History Month UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre sara wajid BCA The Africa Centre Gary Younge Alex Beresford BBC News Africa HBCU Endowment New African Bonnie Greer Greg Carr In Class with Carr British Museum Young Historians Project

Happy Sunday all! One of my favourite views in #brighton 🖤

Honoured to write an obituary for civil rights icon Paul Stephenson. The Bristol Bus boycott, a one man sit in, years of working on the ground for change, we lost a real one. We have to remember the generation who fought so hard against racism in the UK. theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

Talk this Saturday by our black history researcher Suchi chatterjee at Brighton Museums brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/the-mari…

Smithsonian Magazine Honoring the trailblasing Black women of the 6888th Postal Battalion, the only all-Black, all-female battalion deployed in Birmingham UK during WWII. Their dedication ensured millions of letters reached the troops, boosting morale on the front lines. #SixTripleEight Brighton & Hove Black History

Smithsonian Magazine Brighton & Hove Black History Smithsonian Magazine: “The ‘Six Triple Eight’ Battalion faced daunting challenges during WWII, clearing a massive backlog of mail in Europe. Their story of perseverance and service is a vital chapter in American history. #WomensHistory #BlackHistory” much #respect Brighton & Hove Black History

Discover the extraordinary life of Ignatius Sancho: former slave, composer, grocer, and the first Black British voter. Join us on Saturday, 26 October at City Lit to explore his journey and impact on the abolition of slavery. #ReclaimingNarratives #BlackHistoryMonth

What a grand location for a day of workshop facilitation today at royal observatory Greenwich Royal Observatory Greenwich Royal Museums Greenwich to support #colonial Interpretation in the new #longitude #gallery. The grandest roundest room I’ve ever facilitated in!

Don’t miss Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 2 March 2025. A landmark exhibition featuring Ligon’s powerful work and his curated interventions, exploring race, identity, and culture through a critical lens. #GlennLigon #BHM Fitzwilliam Museum

It is 8 years since the veteran councillor Tehm Framroze died. Professionally he was a librarian at Sussex University and, with me, was one of three councillors that banned a film from cinemas in Brighton. Here is the tribute I wrote to him at the time wp.me/pDTWu-1aA

Rescue by the Royal Navy In 1866, the ship HMS Highflyer stopped an Arab slave dhow off the coast of Zanzibar. Onboard were 152 enslaved Africans, including Thomas He was taken aboard HMS Highflyer and named after Captain Thomas Malcolm Sabine Pasley Brighton & Hove Black History

Brighton & Hove Black History Thomas was brought to England and placed in the care of Henry and Eliza Thompson, a couple living at Great College Street in Kemp Town, Brighton. The Thompsons decided to raise Thomas in their home and give him a proper education and care much #love & #respect given #BrightonBH

They came from #Jamaica #Barbados #Trinidad #Guyana and beyond leaving families behind. #Brighton General Hospital became both a place of training and a new beginning Their work laid the foundations of #NHS care in #Sussex #Windrush75 #WindrushNurses Brighton & Hove Black History #Respect