For Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) we shared some book suggestions from our library....
Kwanzaa in our library
26 December to 1 January marks the celebration of Kwanzaa, originally established in 1966 as a celebration of family, community and culture and a way ...
British, Bangladeshi and Belonging in Manchester
16 December 2021 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan and is known as “Victory Day” or “Bijoy Dibosh”. A...
Black History Month Reading List: Black History is World History
Our second reading list for Black History Month 2021 is inspired by the Black History is World History Educational Sessions that we have been running ...
Rearranging the ‘social kaleidoscope’?: Looking back at the 1981 Moss Side ‘disturbances’
In the first of two articles on the Moss Side disturbances, using the AIU RACE Centre’s Elouise Edwards Collection, Claire Fox (academic director of...
Black History Month Reading List: And Still We Rise: Moss Side and Beyond
The first of our Black History Month 2021 reading lists, inspired by our theme of 'And Still We Rise'...
Mirpuris in Manchester
We share some of the story and history of the Mirpuri/Kashmiri community in the UK, and particularly in Greater Manchester....
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre And Education Trust Meets Marta Minujin’s Big Ben Lying Down With Political Books! by Hafsah Aneela Bashir
‘People need this! We need new ideas and new places where people meet. Global symbols like Big Ben stand up s...
Community-Focused Digital Engagement
This is a blog post of an online event held on 10 February at the 2021 Digital Past Conference. it was written and presented by Drew Ellery, Digital O...
Introducing…
New team members Heena Patel and Hafsah Bashir introduce themselves...