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...
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...
‘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...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
‘And Still We Rise’ Black History Month 2021
We have an exciting programme of activities planned for Black History Month this year,...
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...
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...