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    Temporary closure of Central Library: 2nd – 25th August 2025

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Review: “I Hear You All Hate Black People” 

This unassuming pamphlet from 1981 examines the state of anti-black prejudice in Britain based on the author’s experiences as a community worker....

Race Archive February 18, 2022
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Holocaust Memorial Day

For Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) we shared some book suggestions from our library....

Kadija Ollow January 25, 2022
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The Year of Our Moss Side 1981: “We believe Black History should be taught to prevent events being repeated”

A project working with young people using our archive records around the 1981 uprisings in Moss Side....

Maya Sharma January 11, 2022
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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 ...

Kadija Ollow December 24, 2021
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Exploring Black Spaces Through Community Archives and Creative Writing

Come join us for a free half-day workshop exploring histories of Moss Side and Hulme through our archives and creative writing. This session is part o...

Race Archive December 21, 2021
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The impact of Covid-19: workshop & event

Since 2019, Covid-19 has impacted us in so many ways. With the multiple lockdowns and working from home, we can see how our lives have changed and how...

Race Archive December 17, 2021
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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...

Kadija Ollow December 16, 2021
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Connected/ing communities in Manchester: translation and interpreting in the spotlight

Dr Rebecca Tipton reports on an online event hosted in conjunction with the AIU Centre exploring translation and interpreting in the city’s public a...

Race Archive November 16, 2021
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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 ...

Kadija Ollow October 26, 2021
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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...

Kadija Ollow October 21, 2021
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