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  • A photograph of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre at the Central Library. Workspace with bookshelves in the background.

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

    25 June, 2025

  • Child in school uniform views black-and-white archival photos on a blue world map-themed table cover.

    Anti-racist, collections-based educational resources at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust 

    13 June, 2025

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Anti-racist, collections-based educational resources at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust 

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust are pleased to announce the launch of our anti-racist, collections-based educational resources....

Tania Stein June 13, 2025
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“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...

Shafia Fiaz March 7, 2025
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Manchester’s Bad B*tches Breaking Barriers

Blog post by Shafia Khatun of Manchester Metropolitan University reflecting on her experience visiting the Centre and uncovering stories of some of th...

Laila benhaida May 23, 2024
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‘Anarchists, agitators and looters’: Why media coverage matters

In this third and final blog post looking back at the Moss Side Uprising in 1981, working with the resources from the Elouise Edwards Collection, Acad...

Kadija Ollow December 15, 2023
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Professor Ngugi Wa Thiong’o; Pan Africanism and Grassroots Movements Symposium at The Windrush Centre

We were recently honoured to be invited to introduce the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre  and its collections to Professor Ngugi Wa Thiong’o; delegat...

Laila benhaida November 21, 2023
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In Conversation – Black History Month

Maya Sharma, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre’s Collections Engagement Officer in conversation with Nelson Cummins, Communities and Campaigns Officer ...

Race Archive December 13, 2022
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Re:Collections – Anti Racist Museums Wales  

Launch of a new project.  The Welsh devolved government are taking an active approach to anti-racism, as set out in their  Anti Racist Wales...

Race Archive December 1, 2022
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Visit to Wellcome Institute Collection

Laila Benhaida, Community Archivist, reflects on our visit to London....

Laila benhaida May 17, 2022
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Safety4Sisters: ‘If we don’t document what is happening, who will?’

A conversation with Sandhya Sharma of Safety 4 Sisters We’re delighted to announce that we’ve received our first donations to our COVID-19 Collect...

Maya Sharma June 26, 2020
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George Floyd, Racism and Why We Exist

Above image: Fight Racism badge, AIU RACE Centre Archive (GB3228.35)...

Maya Sharma June 4, 2020
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