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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

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

    13 June, 2025

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Working Ethically With Black Histories: A Manifesto

As a Global Majority-led archive and library based in Manchester, we have worked with Global Majority histories over decades, to ensure that these his...

Kadija Ollow October 4, 2024
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Reimagining Black History Month 

We are delighted to announce that we will be joined on Wednesday 2nd October 2024, 5:15 – 7:30pm, Performance Space, Manchester Central Library by a...

Kadija Ollow September 13, 2024
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‘Not a race riot’: Looking back on the 1981 Moss Side uprising.

Marking the 42nd anniversary of the Hytner Report, Claire Fox, Academic Director of the AIU RACE Centre, draws on the Elouise Edwards collection to co...

Kadija Ollow October 31, 2023
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A Black History Manifesto for Manchester 

Every year as October approaches there is a flurry of activity around Black History. For Black History Month 2023, we're taking a different approach. ...

Kadija Ollow September 28, 2023
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Beyond Refugee Week….our new approach to Refugee Week, Black History Month, International Women’s Day etc

We asked ourselves 'How can we offer opportunities to explore Global Majority histories all year round? How can we help creative freelancers develop a...

Maya Sharma June 22, 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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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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‘And Still We Rise’ Black History Month 2021

We have an exciting programme of activities planned for Black History Month this year,...

Race Archive September 28, 2021
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Pop-Up Exhibition: Mixed-race children of war

Visit our pop-up exhibition, based on Lucy Bland’s book, Britain’s Brown Babies: The stories of children born to black GIs and white women...

Kadija Ollow February 24, 2020
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Reflections on Black History Month

Earlier this year I travelled to Ghana, the birthplace of my maternal grandfather, for a family holiday. It incidentally coincided with Ghana’s ‘Y...

Kadija Ollow October 22, 2019
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