Various plots of land adjoining - each has a description of the condition of the land along with details of what has been planted. A compass in the mid left centre of the map. A scale of chains beneath this. The course of a road splits the map and runs from the bottom left to the top right. The word Jamaica in the bottom right of the map with text below it.

#MapOnATuesday #BlackBritishHistory In the estate and family papers of the Adderley family of Hams Hall near Birmingham is this map of the Hotchkin estates in Jamaica dated 27 June 1737. Ref - MS 917/110 #LibraryofBham

Photograph of a male figure wearing a checked blazer and tie. A wristwatch on his left hand. Behind is the front entrance to Birmingham Council House.

#BlackBritishHistory Birmingham’s first Black councillor, Bert Carless was first elected in 1979. Councillor Carless was awarded an OBE for services to the Handsworth College Group in 1998 #LibraryofBham

Really looking forward to this! Feel free to join us in person or online at the @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social seminar series
#BlackBritishHistory

From Slavery in Virginia to Freedom in the North East of England How an enslaved woman fled America and found safety in the North East of England

Mary Ann Machman: from enslaved life in Virginia (USA) to freedom in North Shields (NE England).
#Statue #BlackBritishHistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/1...

Black British Voices: Get Involved!

🗓️ Deadline: 14 Dec 2025
🔗 loom.ly/9lDrGVY

Image: Nicole Goodwin, from ‘The Present’ by Beryl Gilroy (1975).

#BlackBritishHistory #BlackBritishVoices #BlackNorthernIrish #BlackArchives #HeritageMatters #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #GetInvolved

and later became one of London’s first Black firefighters as part of the Home Front in the Second World War. Guess who we’re spotlighting today? ⬇️ #ibhmuk #remembranceday #remembrance #ukblackhistory #blackbritishhistory #osrys #ourstoriesareyourstories #1ww #2ww

Black poppy on a white back with headline

Sepia black and white image of a man in first world war uniform.

Black and white image of first world soldiers holding rifles. Some are sitting in the front and standing at the back.

black and white and yellow logo on a white background. 3 sentences sit under the logo.

Image 2 - Rifleman George Arthur Roberts

Image 3 - British West Indies Regiment

#ukblackhistory
#remembrance
#osrys
#ourstoriesareyourstories
#blackbritishhistory
#blackhistory
#explorepage
#blackpoppy
#georgearthurroberts
#britishwestindiaregiment

Image credits: Wikipedia

It was a joy to meet with researchers from across the world. I also loved my panel’s intervention at NACBS: an ethical discussion of #BlackBritishHistory by eight Black/ mixed-race early career researchers. A visual reminder that Black people are the makers of history, and not simply its subjects.

This week I’ll present at the @cuhistorydept.bsky.social workshop on Black Europe: A Field on the Move in New York 🇺🇸 and the roundtable on methodologies in #BlackBritishHistory at @thenacbs.bsky.social in Montreal 🇨🇦 I look forward to our conversations on the need for Black European histories

INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH BLACK BRITISH HISTORY SEMINAR NACBS PARTICIPATION SEMINARS EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS: RETHINKING RACE IN MODERN BRITAIN SPEAKERS: ROB WATERS, SHAHMIMA AKHTAR, HANNAH ELIAS IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE RESHAPING OF BRITISH PUBLIC LIFE, C.1970-PRESENT SPEAKERS: LIAM LIBURD LIGHTNING ROUND: THE POLITICS OF "BLACK BRITISH HISTORY": CRITICAL METHODOLOGIES, "USABLE" PASTS AND FREEDOM DREAMS SPEAKERS: OLIVIA WYATT

We will not have a seminar this month because many of our convenors will be at @thenacbs.bsky.social conference! Check out their papers on race and #BlackBritishHistory if you’ll be joining us in Montreal 🇨🇦
www.nacbs.org/conference

✨ As Black History Month UK 2025 ends, we pledge to honour #BlackBritishhistory all year. This year's theme, Legacies of Action: 60 Years of Change, celebrated those who turned activism into lasting impact. The Race Relations Act 1965 marked the UK's first legal step against racial discrimination,

#ibhmuk
#ukblackhistory
#blackbritishhistory
#osrys
#ourstoriesareyourstories
#bhmfamilies
#bhmlandmarks
#bhmuk25
#blackhistorymonthuk2025
#legaciesofaction
#60yearsofchange
#quiz #quiztime

A banner showing the cover of “Black British History” and the quote: “An indispensable contribution to how we understand Britain.” Quote by Kehinde Andrews, author of Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century.

Hakim Adi spans the centuries from the first Black Britons to the latest African migrants in his “Black British History”, covering everything from Africans in Tudor England to the movement for reparations, and the struggles against racism in between.

📕 bit.ly/43280ad

#BlackBritishHistory

#osrys #ourstoriesareyourstories #bhmfamilies #bhmlandmarks #blackhistorymonthuk2025 #bhmuk25 #60yearsofchange
#GuessWho #Windrush #CivilRights #HiddenFigures #Trailblazer #BlackExcellence #blackbritishhistory

This fearless writer and trailblazer helped spark Britain's Black Power movement and gave a voice to a generation? 👀👇 Can you guess who he is?

#ibhmuk
#ukblackhistory
#blackbritishhistory
#osrys
#ourstoriesareyourstories
#bhmfamilies
#bhmlandmarks
#ObiEgbuna #BritishBlackPantherParty
#bhmuk25

🕵🏾♀️ Guess who…
This activist was part of the Mangrove Nine, a British Black Panthers member, and wrote for Race Today on education and social justice. Can you guess her name?

#ibhmuk #ukblackhistory #blackbritishhistory #osrys #ourstoriesareyourstories #bhmfamilies #bhmlandmarks #bhmuk25

Housing bias and systemic inequality have deeply impacted Black activism in the UK. 🖤 Their legacy highlights the power of grassroots movements and unity. #blackbritishhistory #injustice

#ibhmuk
#blackbritishhistory
#osrys
#bhmuk25
#legaciesofaction
#60yearsofchange

Do you know who this is? 👀Here are 3 clues… 🕵🏽♀️

1️⃣ Born in Grenada in 1944, he studied sociology, economics, and political economy before moving to the UK in 1967 to work as a teacher and youth organiser.

#bhmuk25
#blackbritishhistory
#osrys
#legaciesofaction
#60yearsofchange
#GuessWho

📖 Read ""The Black Parents Movement: Grassroots power and the legacy of action"" article by Maya Bello-Taylor now!

👉 Click the link in our bio or open this link: tinyurl.com/BlackParents...

#bhmuk25 #legaciesofaction #60yearsofchange #blackbritishhistory #EducationalJustice #GrassrootsActivism

What a wonderful start to the 2025/26 IHR Black British History seminar series! We heard students present on a range of topics, ranging from the 1500s to the 1980s. I’m looking forward to seeing how their research progresses.
#BlackBritishHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

Today! 👇🏿
#BlackBritishHistory

#bhmlandmarks
#blackhistoryuk
#BlackBritishHistory
#progress
#honourthepast
#BlackHistoryisBritishHistory

4️⃣ She later became the first Black woman Governor of the BBC, using her role to open doors for Black and Asian journalists and performers.

🤔 Think you know who it is? Tell us in the comments! 👇🏽
#explore #bhmlandmarks #blackhistoryuk #BlackBritishHistory #progress #honourthepast

#BlackHistoryMonth #LambethPalaceLibrary #Archives #blackbritishhistory

Profile of our Trustee Linton Kwesi Johnson the renowned reggae poet, writer, activist.

Read about his work, activism and the influence of mentors such as Sam Selvon and co-founder of the George Padmore Institute John La Rose

#blackbritishhistory #lintonkwesijohnson #Johnlarose

#BlackHistoryMonth #LambethPalaceLibrary #Archives #BlackBritishHistory

We were thrilled to perform at Wyvil Primary last week delivering our 'Hidden Figures' show!
But we were even more delighted to learn that one of the figures we explore, Len Garrison, had connections with the school; his wife worked there!
#blackhistory #blackbritishhistory #blackandbritish

#BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #BlackBritishHistory

A chapter title from the book “Black Tudors: The Untold Story.” This chapter is named for Reasonable Blackman, The Silk Merchant.

What you name your kid after you get tired of hearing “but he didn’t mean it like THAT, stop overreacting.” But seriously, this is a name for the #BlackBritishHistory books.

50 years on: Caribbean women and the Chapeltown bonfire night incident 1975 Marking 50 years since the Bonfire Twelve, this talk explores the women's role in resisting racism and injustice in Leeds.

In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Chapeltown Bonfire incident, I’ll be talking about Black women’s community activism in Leeds at Leeds Beckett University.

⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus
🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory