History – Black History Is Our History

The famous streets of Liverpool with a dark history

Inside life of heroic activist who fought until her death for Black women’s rights

Seven groundbreaking products that were invented by Black women

‘Black British history began millennia before Windrush – we must not forget that’

The Black princess who took on a white Southend community and caused national uproar

Black British change-makers who paved the way for others – and should be in movies

What parish registers reveal about Surrey’s 1700s Black history

Eleven things you didn’t know Black people invented from gas masks to traffic lights

The 89-year-old gran who became Middlesbrough’s first Black bus conductor after leaving tropical paradise

Amazing story of Britain’s first Black community in Henry VIII’s London

Every Lancashire slave owner and how much compensation they received from the abolition

Kidnapped as a child and sent to North Wales as an aristocrat’s ‘gift’ – remembering John Ystumllyn

St Cynhaearn’s Church: The North Wales secret spot where one of the first Black men in Wales is buried

Liverpool’s first Black headteacher on her inspirational career

Five reasons why Black people have changed Yorkshire for the better

Life of undefeated boxing pioneer buried in city celebrated at Museum of Liverpool

Britain’s first Black female footballer came from Bootle

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Pioneering first Black headteacher ‘inspired everyone she met’

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The Black train guard who received abuse and death threats after he fought racism to get a job

How Black history in one Merseyside borough goes back 300 years

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Why do we have Black History Month? Celebrating centuries of Black Brits

The Liverpool lawyer who fought the Ku Klux Klan

Andrew Watson: The pioneering Black footballer who turned pro at Bootle and played for Scotland

Woman fled to Liverpool dressed as a white man to escape slavery

Toxteth trailblazer was one of first Black women to join British air force

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Who were the first Black football players for Cambridge United?

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Britain’s first Black ballerina fought back from ‘brown swan’ racism

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The UK’s first Black barrister who studied at Oxford

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The story of Coventry’s Windrush church – an historic sanctuary for new arrivals to our city

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Northampton Town player and first Black officer in WWI remembered on Songs of Praise

UK’s first Black train driver who faced backlash gets plaque in his honour

World’s first Black pro footballer who gave wages to the needy inspires a generation

Inspirational Black footballers from forgotten heroes to England stars who beat the odds

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London’s forgotten RAF hero who survived 3 heart attacks and an attack by the National Front

Sir William Arthur Lewis: The hero of Hulme who won a Nobel prize and has his face on thousands of banknotes

African slave turned music star Joseph Emidy’s extraordinary life

Statue of ‘mother’ of modern medicine unveiled in Bristol

Kidderminster’s hidden role as home to one of the most famous freed slaves in the world

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The godfather of Funk music who made Suffolk feel like home for the American GIs of the 70s

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Amazing life of the first Black mayor of London

Calls for Plymouth Albion’s first Black rugby player Jimmy Peters to be honoured like Jack Leslie

Plymouth Argyle’s Mike Trebilcock was the first ever Black FA Cup final scorer

The Bournemouth teacher and mum who was one of the first Black women in the RAF

Meet Oxford University’s first Black African female graduate

World’s first Black professional footballer who played in County Durham still an inspiration today

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The 19th Century Black composer who tried to change the face of classical music forever

How Norwich City star Justin Fashanu fought racism and homophobia on and off the pitch

How Nelson cricketer overcame racism to become Britain’s first Black peer

Coventry man who made history as city’s first Black pub licensee

Windrush ship arriving in Essex

What is Windrush Day and why is it such an important part of British History?

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Wrexham’s hidden Black history: Who was John Meller’s coachboy?

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Southampton’s first ever Black footballer was also one of the earliest in English professional football

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Portsmouth’s first Black footballer also became first Black player to play for Championship winning side

‘Racism starts at home’ – Wolverhampton gran who became symbol of 2011 riots

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Manchester’s vibrant Caribbean Carnival over the years

Pioneering Black inventors we owe for transforming the world

Dennis Walker: The first, and only, black Busby Babe (Image: Cambridge United)

The Black Busby babe who made history for United – and survived the IRA bomb

Britain’s first Black Olympic medallist who became a prisoner of war

Walter Tull with fellow officers, probably taken in the spring of 1917.

East London man who became Tottenham pro footballer and war hero celebrated for ‘gallantry and coolness’

Retired footballer, Brendon Batson pictured with the Three Degrees statue dedicated to West Bromwich Albion players, Brendon Batson, Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis (Image: BIRMINGHAM MAIL / BPM MEDIA)

The first Black footballers who played for London clubs

Incredible story of American couple who escaped slavery and settled in Hammersmith

Akin Shenbanjo (second from left) (Image: Neville Shenbanjo)

The Nigerian Prince who made his own way to England to join the RAF in wartime

The story of Buckinghamshire swing king Ken Johnson who died in the Blitz

Why a US civil rights heroine has a blue plaque in Birmingham

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Pioneering first Black headteacher ‘inspired everyone she met’

Forgotten story of world’s first Black professional football player – who started in goal for Darlington