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'...
How is the heritage sector engaging with global histories and communities?
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust explores how the sector approaches equality, diversity and inclusion internally and through its work with global maj...
Mirpuris in Manchester
We share some of the story and history of the Mirpuri/Kashmiri community in the UK, and particularly in Greater Manchester....
East African Asian Lives – a Crescent Community Radio project
For South Asia Heritage Month we asked one of the groups we are currently working with to share news of their ongoing project. ...
Malik Bakht: Pioneer, entrepreneur and community social worker
“I know of no one, whatever nationality, who did so much for others to his own detriment.” By Jo Robson (former) Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education...
Archives Against Racism: A Covid-19 Collecting Event for Young People
Read about our first event on site since the lockdown: a workshop for secondary school age young people to learn about archives...
“We all need joy” – Making art during the pandemic
Interview with British Pakistani artist Sabba Khan about her donation to our COVID-19 Collecting project....
Fact And Fiction – Intersection Of The Imagination And Historical Record
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre’s Festival Of Libraries Workshop, 9 June 2021...