Black History Month: Jayaben Desai poster
Jayaben Desai organised strikes at the Grunwick photographic film-processing plant in London in 1976-1978.
Jayaben Desai organised strikes at the Grunwick photographic film-processing plant in London in 1976-1978.
Claudia Jones spent her life fighting for tolerance and equality, which led her to become a founder of the much-loved Notting Hill Carnival.
October is Black History Month, a time to recognise and celebrate the invaluable contributions of Black people in the UK and around the world.
This report of is the result of a roundtable at Westminster, convened by the NEU and the All-Party Political Group on Race and Equality in Education in December 2022, to discuss the issue of adultification of Black girls in secondary schools.
Find out more about the experiences of refugee children in UK schools and how they make new connections in their communities.
This year marks 75 years from when the ‘Windrush’ generation came to the UK after the Second World War, starting from 1948. Nearly 500 passengers were carried on the Empire Windrush from Caribbean countries.
Windrush Day marks the day SS Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex in 1948.
Toni Morrison was the only African American author (and one of the few women) to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Lady Phyll is one of the co-founders of the UK Black Pride, which is the Europe’s largest celebration for Black LGBT people.
Beryl Gilroy was born in British Guiana in 1924. She was a pioneering writer, teacher and part of the ‘Windrush generation.