Blog post by Shafia Khatun of Manchester Metropolitan University reflecting on her experience visiting the Centre and uncovering stories of some of th...
Mayor John Lindsay and the New York Teachers Strike of 1968
Student Olivia Howe's research into the RACE Centre's collection on the 1968 teacher's strike in New York and the mayor's response...
Racial Discrimination in America’s Construction Trade Unions
UoM student Elizabeth Owens writes on racial discrimination in the AFL-CIO in the late 1960s....
Review – Erotic Islands
"Caribbean sexualities are built on a complex interweaving of historical, cultural, and political events, as well as everyday experiences of pleasure,...
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....
‘And Still We Rise’ Black History Month 2021
We have an exciting programme of activities planned for Black History Month this year,...
Why was the 1945 Pan-African Congress held in Manchester?
We’re delighted to publish this blog by renowned historian Marika Sherwood. Currently Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Comm...
George Floyd, Racism and Why We Exist
Above image: Fight Racism badge, AIU RACE Centre Archive (GB3228.35)...
Eating Out (and In) in Manchester
A contribution to Local & Community History Month 2020 by Sonbal Khokhar...
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...