Makonnen is rarely a figure of historical enquiry and in the surrounding Pan-African historiography he is mentioned infrequently, treated as a small f...
Be yourself, your authentic self
We talked with Shirley May, our Poet in Residence, about her new poem ‘They Came With Backbone‘, written for International Women’s D...
They Came With Backbone – a poem for International Women’s Day
Our new poet in residence, Shirley May, has written this poem for International Women’s Day, inspired by some of the women whose stories are fou...
Cheetham Hill Advice Centre’s organisational records
Trainee Archivist Laila Benhaida shares her insights into the hidden depths and human stories within one of our collections. This collection was donat...
Meaningful Connections: how strong communities make stronger movements
This is another refreshed blog, originally published in 2019. It’s written by Natalie Ward, who was an intern at the AIU Centre. As well as explo...
Researching Ras T. Makonnen and Pan-Africanism in Manchester at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre
In this blog / article, guest writer Jack A. W. Bowman shares his experiences of researching the Pan African National Congress in Manchester. He of...
The 1945 Pan-African Congress: Manchester and the Fight for Equality
This is the first of four Black History Month blogs, all focusing on the Pan-African Congress of 1945 held here in Manchester. In this refreshed blog ...
Coming to Manchester: Stories of South Asian migration to Manchester
This blog looks at South Asian migration to Manchester, using the Push-Pull theory of migration to deepen understanding. It is written for readers wit...
#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....
How equal is Great Britain? How far have we come since the Race Relations Act of 1976?
At the beginning of 2018 we were (and still are!) very pleased to announce that our collection of publications from the Commission for Racia...