Join us on Wednesday 16th September 2026, 5:15PM – 7:30PM, Lower Ground Floor at Manchester Central Library for a screening of Cup Fever (1965...
Carrying stories forward
In the spotlight: Exploring Our Roots Collection We are excited to share material from our collections through the Sound and Vision Po...
Understanding Islamophobia Part 3: Challenging Islamophobia
Part 3 of our Understanding Islamophobia blog series written by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan....
“You drop a little ripple”
To mark International Women’s Day 2025 we’d like to introduce Marilyn Cuffy, and the archive she donated to us. We feature Marilyn not only becaus...
Anti-Racism and Anti-Fascism: Then and Now – A Reading List
We are shocked and appalled by the racist, Islamophobic and fascist violence of recent weeks. This violence is the result of anti-migrant, Islamophobi...
Re-evaluating America’s “Rainbow Coalition”: The Lou Kushnick Interviews
Guest post by Dr Andrew Fearnley, Lecturer in Twentieth Century US History and Programme Director for American Studies, University of Manchester Betwe...
Introducing Dynamic Collections funded project; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future
By Laila Benhaida, Community Archivist and Project Lead; Community Led Collecting Fit for the Future We are excited to announce that we have begun a n...
From Silence to Story; Recognising the Voices of Manchester’s Global Majority women
Blog post by Shafia Khatun of Manchester Metropolitan University reflecting on her experience visiting the Centre and uncovering stories of some of th...
Stephen Lawrence Day 2024- Books and Archive Resources
For 2024, the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre commemorates Stephen Lawrence Day by sharing our collections to understand race and colonialism within the...
An assessment of the UK’s hostile environment: societal and policy implications from Windrush to the present day
In this blog post, Jon Davies, Rose Broad and Michelle Corallo (Department of Criminology, University of Manchester) draw upon three of the collection...