Trainee Archivist Laila Benhaida shares her insights into the hidden depths and human stories within one of our collections. This collection was donat...
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place every year on 27 January, a date which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest N...
Diversity is not a once-a-year special issue
Dr Safina Islam, head of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust, reflects on the need to embed diversity, inclusion and equality in org...
We’re Hiring – COVID-19 Project Manager
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre is an anti-racism library and archive that collects material about race, identity and communities. Our mission is to...
Black History Month 2020
October is Black History Month, and while the current restrictions mean we aren’t able to run our usual programme of in-person events, we will s...
Hashim & Family
This summer, Safina Islam has been reading Hashim & Family by Shahnaz Ahsan (John Murray Press, 2 April 2020). She shared her thoughts as part of ...
#BLM: Archiving Black experience during the COVID-19 pandemic
Drew Ellery talks about what he has donated to our COVID-19 collecting project, and why....
The tragedy of Shukri Abdi – lessons still not learnt
Last week was Refugee Week. While it is incredibly important to understand and celebrate the contribution of people that have often overcome unimagina...
Virtual exhibition: Journeys to Manchester
Missed it last year? Have no fear – view it digitally here!...
The Resourceful and Resilient Communities of North Manchester
Contribution to Virtual #CheethamFest 2020 by Kadija Ollow...