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...
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...
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. ...
Paul Robeson in Manchester
Student Anya Carr's guest blog post on Paul Robeson's visit to Manchester in 1949....
Racial Discrimination in America’s Construction Trade Unions
UoM student Elizabeth Owens writes on racial discrimination in the AFL-CIO in the late 1960s....
Windrush 75: Caribbean Migration to the UK – Books and Resources
The books and resources included in this list focus on Caribbean migration to the UK, symbolised by the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to Tilbury Dock...
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 ...
Sharing some Black History Month creativity
Our Black History Month theme of We Are Carnival! is the inspiration for some great creative work from three Manchester primary schools...
The New York Teacher’s Strike and the United Bronx Parents
Second of two posts by History and American Studies students at Manchester University working with our collections ...
Shoot to Kill: The Chicago Police Department and Black Power
First of two posts by History and American Studies students at Manchester University working with our collections ...