Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire

About Race with Reni-Eddo Lodge

From the author behind the bestselling Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, comes a podcast that takes the conversation a step further  Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today

Adegoke, Yomi. 'Have Women of Colour been written out of the Women's Movement'

Article looking into the history of activism of women of colour in Britain since the Suffragette Movement.

African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African Americans’ urbanization experiences; the development of the modern civil rights movement and its aftermath; and the thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X.

Asians in Britain

Through a series of articles and a generous selection of digitised sources from the British Library's collections you can explore the history of South Asian communities in Britain during the nineteenth and twentieth century.

The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes

Animated map showing the middle passage of 15,790 slave ships between 1545 and 1860.

BAMEed Network Resources Page

"To achieve our collective mission of an education sector that is reflective of society, we’ve gathered a range of useful resources and reading for our network."

Biographies of Notable Female African and Asian Figures from the 19th and 20th Centuries

http://www.open.ac.uk/arts/research/ferguson-centre/teaching

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2020, The Open University’s Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies and its History Department have created this teaching resource – short biographies of  pioneering and notable women from Africa and Asia, who were active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These women are vitally important in helping us understand social, cultural and political changes in Africa and Asia, with a particular emphasis on feminist politics, suffrage movements, independence movements and anti-colonial activism. The creation of this teaching resource was driven by an ever-constant need to understand historical events from a variety of perspectives that are very often not presented in History teaching in the West. Each biography includes links to additional resources, and there is a list of further online readings at the end. This is the first time this group of African and Asian women has been presented together in a collective way. We hope that this will be a useful resource for teachers and educators to help their students understand the contributions of Africa and Asian women to African, Asian and World history.

Black and Asian People discovered in records held in the Manuscripts Section, Guildhall Library

List of Black and Asian people found in London parish registers found in Guildhall Library.

Black British Cycling Champions

https://www.instagram.com/blackchampions_/?hl=en

Instagram page by Dr. Marlon Moncrieffe of the University of Brighton uncovering life-histories of Black-British champions in cycling.

Black Central Europe

Site looks at the experiences of Black communities in German-speaking Europe over the last millennium. Useful, among other things, to compare and contrast with Black British history.

Black Chronicles Image Portal

Growing archive of the portraiture of Black men and women from the Victorian and Edwardian era.

Black Londoners 1800-1900

Interactive map created by the Equiano Centre, UCL. Includes brief biographies of the individuals identified.

Black Music Research Unit

A research project that explores the impact of Jamaican music in Britain.

Black Past

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.

Black Presence: Asian and Black History in Britain, 1500-1850

Online exhibition curated by the National Archives.

McKernan, Luke. The Black Wonder

Article about the Black Victorian boxer Bob Travers.

British's Forgotten Slave Owners

Two part documentary by David Olusoga. Available on BBC iPlayer until May 2021.

The Caribbean's Great War

This is one of a number of relevant projects and resources offered by the West India Committee, relating to the contribution of the Caribbean to WW1.  The West India Committee has a range of other projects of relevance, and different sections of the website relate to these projects. The Committee has digitised archive material available to see, as well as educational resources for schools.

Black Londoners have lived in the city for centuries. This collection brings 10 Black London lives together in an accessible volume to share the diversity of their experiences in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with new readers.

Departures: A podcast series on 400 years of British emigration

Departures is a new podcast from the Migration Museum exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain.

Dresser, Madge & Hann, Andrew (eds.) Slavery and the British Country House

Online monograph published in 2013.

Empire - the Controversies of British Imperialism

Free MOOC from Exeter University

Everyday Muslim: Exploring the Diversity of Black British Muslim Heritage in London

Selected written and oral sources are available through this site.

Forward to Freedom: the history of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement 1959-1994

Resources and information about the anti-Apartheid movement in Britain.

From Great War to Race Riots

Digital project investigating the race riots of 1919 and the murder of Charles Wootton. Includes a digital archive of selected documents.

Hackett, Roy. Interview

Interview with Bristol Civil Rights campaigner, Roy Hackett.

Hazard, Anthony. The Atlantic Slave Trade: what too few textbooks told you

Ted-talk delivered by Prof. Anthony Hazard.

History Workshop Online

History Workshop Online (HWO) is a digital magazine that seeks to continue the spirit of the History Workshop movement by publishing accessible and engaging articles that deepen understanding of the past for historians and the public, and which reflect upon present day issues and agitate for change in the world we live in now. HWO is a politically pluralistic platform and publishes a wide spectrum of progressive radical opinion.

Going back to the nineteenth century, this booklet celebrates the lives of ten black men and women who have lived in Sussex.

Inside the Slave Ship: the Atlantic Slave Trade during its heyday and the remarkable life of Olaudah Equiano

Podcast about the slave trade in the 18th century and the life of Olaudah Equiano.

The John Blanke Project

A contemporary Art and Archive project celebrating John Blanke the Black trumpeter to courts of Henry VII & Henry VIII. Historians write about him. Artists visualise him.

Making Britain: discover how South Asians shaped the nation, 1870-1950

This online database provides information about South Asians in Britain from 1870 to 1950, the organizations they were involved in, their British connections, and the major events in which they participated.

Designed as an interactive tool, it offers engaging and innovative search and browsing options, including a timeline, location maps, and network diagrams modelled on social networking sites which demonstrate South Asians' interactions and relationships in Britain at the time. Some entries have extracts from archival sources with explanation of their content and relevance.

McCarthy, Mark. 'The slave trade and emancipation recalled by streets in Camden Town'

Draft of a paper accepted for publication in Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society.

McKernan, Luke. The Black Wonder

Article about the black Victorian boxer, Bob Travers.

Medievalists.net articles

Cowan, Mairi. 'Moors at the court of James IV, King of Scots'
https://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/moors-at-the-court-of-james-iv-king-of-scots/

Su, Minjie. 'Elen More: the Moorish lass in James IV's court'
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/02/elen-more-the-moorish-lass-in-james-ivs-court/

Series of brief articles about black Scottish history during the reign of James IV.

Moving Here

Moving Here explores, records and illustrates why people came to England over the last 200 years and what their experiences were and continue to be. It offers free access, for personal and educational use, to an online catalogue of versions of original material related to migration history from local, regional and national archives, libraries and museums.

Museum of British Colonialism: resource links

Outlines aims and objectives regarding the teaching of British colonial history and provides a lists of useful resources and links.

Newspaper article about Sophia Duleep Singh's trial.

Digitised image of a newspaper article held in the British Library.

Our Migration Story

This website presents the often untold stories of the generations of migrants who came to and shaped the British Isles. While it is primarily designed to support teachers and students studying migration to Britain, its aim is to be a useful resource for anyone interested in Britain’s migration history.

Race, Empire and Colonial Troops

A series of articles about the experience of people and troops mainly of the British and French colonial empires during the First World War.

Report of the Pan-African Conference held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th July 1900, at Westminster Town Hall

Pdf of the 18 page produced during the conference.

Serroukh, Farrah and O'Connor, Karen Sands. 'Go deeper: reflecting on Black presence in children's books.'

The characters that we meet in children's books shape the way that we see ourselves and the community around us. Take a look at the history of Black British representation in this article by Farrah Serroukh and Karen Sands O'Connor, featuring digitised images and resource lists for adults on representation and inclusivity in children's books.

Slavery and Revolution: Jamaica and Slavery in the age of Revolution

Site created and run by Prof. Christer Petley highlighting the history of slavery in Jamaica through the letters of the slave-holder Samuel Taylor.

Sounds of the 'rush

Excerpts of interviews house in the Black Cultural Archives of men and women from the Windrush Generation.

Stories of Black Leadership: Breaking Barriers

Online exhibition of the photographer Joy Gregory highlighting the journeys of pioneering Black British women who have overcome adversity to take their rightful seat at the table.

Stories of Omission: Conflict and the experience of Black soldiers

Stories of Omission is a learning guide that looks at resources that tell the, mostly omitted, stories of men from the Caribbean, America and Africa who enlisted to fight in the First World War.

TIDE: Keywords

36 essays exploring the inception of critical terms around citizenship, belonging, and cultural difference that emerged in England in the Tudor and Stuart era. This resource can be modified for classroom teaching across different key stages.

Travel, Colonialism and Slavery

From Robinson Crusoe to the anti-slavery activism of Olaudah Equiano and the letters of Ignatius Sancho: explore a range of writing produced during an age of travel, trade and colonial conquest, in which Britain vastly expanded its Empire, fuelled by its involvement in slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.

West India Committee Online Portal

Welcome to the West India Committee’s online portal for West Indian History, Heritage and Culture. The West India Committee collection contains over 500 years of knowledge on the Caribbean and matters relating to the Caribbean and, due to its significance, it has been recognised as a UNESCO Memory of the World.

West India Regiments

Through a series of articles and discussion about specific works within the British Library's collections you can explore changes in racial thought through the history of the West India Regiments.

What is Critical Race Theory?

A study guide and introduction put together by the Perlego online library.

What is Intersectionality? Intersectional Feminist theory explained.

A study guide and introduction put together by the Perlego online library.

Why #BlackLivesMatter? An overview of racism against Black people

A series of ten videos exploring various aspects of black history, racism against Black people and the BLM movement.

Windrush Stories

Site includes articles, sources, teaching resources and guides to further reading.

Witness Black History Podcast

Interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.

Women in African History

Learning resources about women mainly within the African territories invaded and occupied by Britain and France.

Working, Lauren. The Making of Imperial Policy

Freely available, open access monograph published by Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre

http://www.racearchive.manchester.ac.uk/

Blog
https://aiucentre.wordpress.com/

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre is an open access library specialising in the study of race, ethnicity and migration.

The Bishopsgate Institute

https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/

The Institute's archives and special collections are among the best documenting London's diverse populations.

Black and Asian Studies Association

The aim of the Association is to foster research and to disseminate information on the history of Black peoples in Britain.

Black Cultural Archives

https://blackculturalarchives.org/

https://artsandculture.google.com/project/black-cultural-archives

Black Cultural Archives is the only national heritage centre dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain.

The Black Curriculum

The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise founded in 2019 by young people to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum. We believe that by delivering arts focused Black history programmes, providing teacher training and campaigning through mobilising young people, we can facilitate social change.

Black History Wales

The Black History Wales network is made up of over 104 pan-Wales organisations such as; youth charities, grassroots groups, schools, Further Education and Higher Education institutions representing people of different cultures, faiths and geographical locations who sit on our steering committee.

Culture Reset

Running until the 11th September CULTURE RESET is a practical rapid response programme to inspire more relevant and impactful cultural organisations and practices. Born out of the devastating impact of Covid-19 and inspired by the urgent need to accelerate change and respond to the experiences of a broader diversity of people, it is providing expert support and dynamic stimulus for 192 arts and cultural producers, makers and directors across the UK over the summer of 2020.

Fill in the Blanks

Group led by south London sixth-formers campaigning to make mandatory the teaching of Britain's colonial history in school curriculums. Offers links and advice how you can assist the campaign.

George Padmore Institute

The George Padmore Institute is an archive, educational resource and research centre housing materials relating to the black community of Caribbean, African and Asian descent in Britain and continental Europe.

Impact of Omission

Group campaigning for the cumpulsory re-inclusion, revoked by Michael Gove in 2013, of the British Imperialism and Slavery in the history curriculum.

Institute of Race Relations: Black History Collection

Over the 60 years of its existence, the Institute of Race Relations has gathered together a unique collection of posters, leaflets, flyers, newspaper cuttings, campaign materials and more than 160 journals from black community and grassroots groups in the anti-racist struggle. Catalogued and conserved with the aid of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Black History Collection spans the 1950s to the 1980s and covers topics such as black workers’ struggles for representation at work and in their unions, anti-deportation campaigns, policing and racial violence, the Black Power movement, the education, health and social welfare of black children, the 1958 Notting Hill riots, anti-fascism and uprisings.

International Slavery Museum

The International Slavery Museum is a museum located in Liverpool, England that focuses on the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.

Migration Musuem

Museum based in South London together with a page of education resources.

Museum of British Colonialism

The Museum of British Colonialism is a joint uk/kenyan initiative founded to creatively communicate a more truthful account of British colonialism.

The Partition Education Group

We are a CIC organisation led by a group of passionate professionals from across the educational and cultural sectors, coming together to encourage and facilitate increased engagement with the history of South Asia – with a particular focus on the 1947 Partition – within UK schools.  We are a partner group to the South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) campaign that seeks to raise the profile of South Asian history and heritage in the UK through education, arts, culture and commemoration of historical events such as Partition.

The Runnymede Trust

Runnymede is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank. We generate intelligence to challenge race inequality in Britain through research, network building, leading debate, and policy engagement.

The Stephen Lawrence Research Centre

The Stephen Lawrence Research Centre aims to drive forward conversations that will shape and influence how we think about race and social justice. It intends to honour the enduring legacy of Stephen Lawrence’s life and his family’s ongoing pursuit of justice by asking new questions, debating critical issues, raising awareness, and advocating to bring about positive change.

Young Historians Project

The Young Historians Project are a non-profit organisation formed by young people encoraging the development of young historians of African and Caribbean heritage in Britain.

African and Caribbean History in Hackney

This collection of resource gives information on a variety of topics relating to African and Caribbean history in Hackney, including arts, activism, hair, fashion and music. Although it is primarily aimed at teachers based in Hackney, East London, the resources are adaptable for many other audiences.

Black History 4 Schools

Extensive portal of resources and advice for teachers.

The Colonial Countryside Project

https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/creativewriting/centre/colonial-countryside-project

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1WLkEHYXYd_edozphfPf7O-eTTExQrXOg

Resources and lesson plans that explore the colonial history of 5 National Trust houses as well as the impact on the local area.

Paul Stephenson - notes and suggested activities

Suggested activities (Key Stage 1-3) and notes on the life of Paul Stephenson.

Romans Revealed

http://www.romansrevealed.com/

Teaching Resource Guide
https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/publications/pdfs/Runnymede%20Romans%20Revealed%20A4%2056pp%20LoRes%20v6.pdf

Interactive site looking into the diverse populations of Roman Britain. Also includes a teachng resource guide by the Runnymede Trust

Windrush Generation Learning Resources

The aim of the resource is to help children, young people and adults learn about the experiences of Brent’s Windrush elders and to celebrate the wide-ranging contributions and legacy of the Caribbean community in Brent and the UK.  The resource is part of the 2018 exhibition commemorating 70 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush in the UK. There are lots of questions in the resource to complete, a game to play, research questions to follow up as well as videos to watch. 

African and Caribbean History in Hackney

This collection of resource gives information on a variety of topics relating to African and Caribbean history in Hackney, including arts, activism, hair, fashion and music. Although it is primarily aimed at teachers based in Hackney, East London, the resources are adaptable for many other audiences.

African Kingdoms

Comprehenisve site about a syllabus on the history of empires an states of West Africa from the 14th to the 19th century developed by Dr. Toby Green. Although initially developed for A Level students it also includes resources for students in Key Stage 2-3 and at GCSE level.

The Age of Revolution 1775-1848: making the world over

An open access website dedicated to teaching the Age of Revolution (1775 – 1848). Includes sections on the history of slavery and the abolition processes that took place during the period, as well as the expansion of Europe's empires.

The Black Curriculum

The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise founded in 2019 by young people to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum for all 8-16 year olds. Free education resources for Key Stages 2-3 are available on request.

Black History 4 Schools

Extensive portal of resources and advice for teachers.

Resources on the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Clerkenwell Fund, Bryant and May Strike and Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The Colonial Countryside Project

Resources and lesson plans that explore the colonial history of 5 National Trust houses as well as the impact on the local area.

Equaliteach: Reject Racism Teaching Resources

This page lists you’ll find links and downloads to resources and guidance to support with tackling racism.

Fighting SUS: learning resources

Learning resources and oral histories on the ‘Sus’ law (section 4 of the Vagrancy Act of 1824) and how it was used to persecute Black and Asian in the 1970s and 80s.

Matters of Belonging: Teaching Race and Identity in Tudor and Stuart England

http://www.tideproject.uk/2020/04/24/matters-of-belonging-teaching-race-and-identity-in-tudor-and-stuart-england-2/

Based on TIDE and Runnymede Trust's pioneering Beacon Fellowship, this course material draws on the TIDE Project's Keywords essays to offer support for educators looking to teach migration, race, and identity, and to diversify their approaches to the National Curriculum. This mini course is concerned with how we incorporate a history of cross-cultural identities and a history of human mobility into the national story, drawing on material from the sixteenth and seventeenth century.

Paul Stephenson - notes and suggested activities

Suggested activities (Key Stage 1-3) and notes on the life of Paul Stephenson.

Romans Revealed

Interactive site looking into the diverse populations of Roman Britain.

Twentieth Century British Black History

Based on the Eric and Jessica Huntley Archive, this rich and powerful collection of materials covers fifty years of Black History in London. Discover the work of pioneering campaigners and education workers in the Black community and learn about the experience of migrating to London in the ‘50s and ‘60s. The pack also focuses on the wide cultural life which grew up around Bogle-L’Ouverture, the Huntleys’ London publishing house and bookshop.

Who was John Blanke?

Video exploring the life of John Blanke and his depiction in the Westminster Tournament Roll of 1511.

Windrush Foundation: Key Stage 2 Lesson Plans for studying the Empire Windrush and Caribbean Migration

KS 2 lesson plans for studying the Empire Windrush and Caribbean migration.

Windrush Generation Learning Resources

African and Caribbean History in Hackney

This collection of resource gives information on a variety of topics relating to African and Caribbean history in Hackney, including arts, activism, hair, fashion and music. Although it is primarily aimed at teachers based in Hackney, East London, the resources are adaptable for many other audiences.

African Kingdoms

Comprehenisve site about a syllabus on the history of empires an states of West Africa from the 14th to the 19th century developed by Dr. Toby Green. Although initially developed for A Level students it also includes resources for students in Key Stage 2-3 and at GCSE level.

The Age of Revolution 1775-1848: making the world over

An open access website dedicated to teaching the Age of Revolution (1775 – 1848). Includes sections on the history of slavery and the abolition processes that took place during the period, as well as the expansion of Europe's empires.

Bangla Stories

Site includes information on the Bengal diaspora and eight interviews.

The Black Curriculum

The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise founded in 2019 by young people to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum for all 8-16 year olds. Free education resources for Key Stages 2-3 are available on request.

Black History 4 Schools

Extensive portal of resources and advice for teachers.

Black History Month Library

Extensive online library of texts and videos.

Campaign - Make an Impact

Resources on the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Clerkenwell Fund, Bryant and May Strike and Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The Caribbean's Great War

This is one of a number of relevant projects and resources offered by the West India Committee, relating to the contribution of the Caribbean to WW1.  The West India Committee has a range of other projects of relevance, and different sections of the website relate to these projects. The Committee has digitised archive material available to see, as well as educational resources for schools.

The Colonial Countryside Project

Resources and lesson plans that explore the colonial history of 5 National Trust houses as well as the impact on the local area.

The Concept of Race

Lesson plans about the formation of racist ideologies through the lens of early 20th century antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Creative Writing: the letters of Ignatius Sancho

The teaching pack available from this page will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho’s life, work and unique voice. Students will work through four themed sections; each section can also be followed as a standalone activity.

A Critical History of the British Empire

Resource and teaching collection.

Equaliteach: Reject Racism Teaching Resources

This page lists you’ll find links and downloads to resources and guidance to support with tackling racism.

Fighting SUS: learning Resources

Learning resources and oral histories on the ‘Sus’ law (section 4 of the Vagrancy Act of 1824) and how it was used to persecute Black and Asian in the 1970s and 80s.

Interpreting the Golden Rhinoceros of Mapungubwe

Lesson plans and resources about the history of medieval state of Mapungubwe and how that history was viewed by European colonial powers and in South Africa during the Apartheid period.

Local Routes / Global Routes

Teaching resources for Key Stage 3 investigating the links between Hackney's history and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Making Histories

This Making Histories website is an exciting collection of fascinating family histories and migration stories documented by young people in Cardiff, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester and London. You can hear incredible oral history interviews exploring journeys to Britain from parts of Europe, India, Africa, the Caribbean and beyond. Stories range from escaping a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean island of Montserrat to being recruited from Zambia to work in the NHS. These deeply personal stories will make you think about history in a completely new way.

Matters of Belonging: Teaching Race and Identity in Tudor and Stuart England

Based on TIDE and Runnymede Trust's pioneering Beacon Fellowship, this course material draws on the TIDE Project's Keywords essays to offer support for educators looking to teach migration, race, and identity, and to diversify their approaches to the National Curriculum. This mini course is concerned with how we incorporate a history of cross-cultural identities and a history of human mobility into the national story, drawing on material from the sixteenth and seventeenth century.

Paul Stephenson - notes and suggested activities

Protesting Discrimination in Bristol

Lesson plans and resources about the Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963.

Teaching Black Tudors

http://www.mirandakaufmann.com/blog/teaching-black-tudors

Lesson Plans and Resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Zl8QFafjchc2MzhntHE7zhY7uxyxL1-T

This is a collaboration between Dr. Miranda Kaufmann, Senior research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and author of Black Tudors: The Untold Story (2017) www.blacktudors.com, Jason Todd, Department of Education, University of Oxford, and a group of secondary school teachers, with the aim of producing Schemes of Work and lesson plans inspired by Black Tudors that any teacher can download and take straight into their classrooms. A number of lesson plans and resources submitted by some of the 500+ teachers who are on the project mailing list is currently available on this Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Zl8QFafjchc2MzhntHE7zhY7uxyxL1-T However, please bear in mind that this is work in progress and the intention is to polish and enhance the resources, hopefully in conjunction with a major Educational publisher, who would also then help to circulate it more widely.

Twentieth Century British Black History

Based on the Eric and Jessica Huntley Archive, this rich and powerful collection of materials covers fifty years of Black History in London. Discover the work of pioneering campaigners and education workers in the Black community and learn about the experience of migrating to London in the ‘50s and ‘60s. The pack also focuses on the wide cultural life which grew up around Bogle-L’Ouverture, the Huntleys’ London publishing house and bookshop.

Who was John Blanke?

Video exploring the life of John Blanke and his depiction in the Westminster Tournament Roll of 1511.

Understanding Slavery Initiative

Offers resources, ideas for activities and guides for further reading for teachers and pupils (especially Key Stage 3)

Windrush Generation Learning Resources

The aim of the resource is to help children, young people and adults learn about the experiences of Brent’s Windrush elders and to celebrate the wide-ranging contributions and legacy of the Caribbean community in Brent and the UK.  The resource is part of the 2018 exhibition commemorating 70 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush in the UK. There are lots of questions in the resource to complete, a game to play, research questions to follow up as well as videos to watch. 

Witness Black History Podcast

Interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.

The Age of Revolution 1775-1848: making the world over

An open access website dedicated to teaching the Age of Revolution (1775 – 1848). Includes sections on the history of slavery and the abolition processes that took place during the period, as well as the expansion of Europe's empires.

Bangla Stories

Site includes information on the Bengal diaspora and eight interviews.

Black and Asian People discovered in records held in the Manuscripts Section, Guildhall Library

List of Black and Asian people found in London parish registers found in Guildhall Library.

Black History 4 Schools

Extensive portal of resources and advice for teachers.

Black History Month Library

Extensive online library of texts and videos.

Campaign - Make an Impact

Resources on the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Clerkenwell Fund, Bryant and May Strike and Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The Caribbean's Great War

This is one of a number of relevant projects and resources offered by the West India Committee, relating to the contribution of the Caribbean to WW1.  The West India Committee has a range of other projects of relevance, and different sections of the website relate to these projects. The Committee has digitised archive material available to see, as well as educational resources for schools.

The Concept of Race

Lesson plans about the formation of racist ideologies through the lens of early 20th century antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Creative Writing: the letters of Ignatius Sancho

The teaching pack available from this page will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho’s life, work and unique voice. Students will work through four themed sections; each section can also be followed as a standalone activity.

Equaliteach: Reject Racism Teaching Resources

This page lists you’ll find links and downloads to resources and guidance to support with tackling racism.

Fighting SUS: learning resources

Learning resources and oral histories on the ‘Sus’ law (section 4 of the Vagrancy Act of 1824) and how it was used to persecute Black and Asian in the 1970s and 80s.

Making Histories

This Making Histories website is an exciting collection of fascinating family histories and migration stories documented by young people in Cardiff, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester and London. You can hear incredible oral history interviews exploring journeys to Britain from parts of Europe, India, Africa, the Caribbean and beyond. Stories range from escaping a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean island of Montserrat to being recruited from Zambia to work in the NHS. These deeply personal stories will make you think about history in a completely new way.

Microcosms: Illuminating the Global in Tudor and Early Stuart Portraits

Resource pack produced by the National Portrait Gallery.

Our Migration Story

This website presents the often untold stories of the generations of migrants who came to and shaped the British Isles. While it is primarily designed to support teachers and students studying migration to Britain, its aim is to be a useful resource for anyone interested in Britain’s migration history.

Stories of Omission: conflict and the experience of Black soldiers

Stories of Omission is a learning guide that looks at resources that tell the, mostly omitted, stories of men from the Caribbean, America and Africa who enlisted to fight in the First World War.

Teaching Empire and War

Lesson plans and learning resources investigating the experiences of non-white men and women from the British Empire during the First and Second World War.

Witness Black History Podcast

Interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.

African Kingdoms

Comprehenisve site about a syllabus on the history of empires an states of West Africa from the 14th to the 19th century developed by Dr. Toby Green. Although initially developed for A Level students it also includes resources for students in Key Stage 2-3 and at GCSE level.

Black and Asian People discovered in records held in the Manuscripts Section, Guildhall Library

List of Black and Asian people found in London parish registers found in Guildhall Library.

Black Central Europe

Site looks at the experiences of Black communities in German-speaking Europe over the last millennium. Useful, among other things, to compare and contrast with Black British history.

Black History 4 Schools

Extensive portal of resources and advice for teachers.

Black History Month Library

Extensive online library of texts and videos.

The Caribbean's Great War

This is one of a number of relevant projects and resources offered by the West India Committee, relating to the contribution of the Caribbean to WW1.  The West India Committee has a range of other projects of relevance, and different sections of the website relate to these projects. The Committee has digitised archive material available to see, as well as educational resources for schools.

Commonwealth Oral History Project

Project created and managed by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Includes dozens of interviews which reflect upon the history of the Commonwealth since 1965.

The teaching pack available from this page will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho’s life, work and unique voice. Students will work through four themed sections; each section can also be followed as a standalone activity.

Equaliteach: Reject Racism Teaching Resources

This page lists you’ll find links and downloads to resources and guidance to support with tackling racism.

Fighting SUS: learning resources

Learning resources and oral histories on the ‘Sus’ law (section 4 of the Vagrancy Act of 1824) and how it was used to persecute Black and Asian in the 1970s and 80s.

Forward to Freedom: the history of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement 1959-1994

Resources and information about the anti-Apartheid movement in Britain.

Global Poverty and its Colonial Roots

A free, informative, lesson pack which includes:

• An interactive lesson plan for our 90-minute class (designed to also be split over two 45 minute classes)

• PowerPoint slides to accompany the lesson

• A leaflet with key learning from the lesson for students

• A further learning list packed full of more informative resources for students

Microcosms: Illuminating the Global in Tudor and Early Stuart Portraits

Resource pack produced by the National Portrait Gallery.

Our Migration Story

This website presents the often untold stories of the generations of migrants who came to and shaped the British Isles. While it is primarily designed to support teachers and students studying migration to Britain, its aim is to be a useful resource for anyone interested in Britain’s migration history.

Sancho, Ignatius. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho (1784)

Site provides an introduction and digital edition of Sancho's published letters.

Stories of Omission: conflict and the experience of Black soldiers

Stories of Omission is a learning guide that looks at resources that tell the, mostly omitted, stories of men from the Caribbean, America and Africa who enlisted to fight in the First World War.

Teaching Empire and War

Lesson plans and learning resources investigating the experiences of non-white men and women from the British Empire during the First and Second World War.

Witness Black History Podcast

Interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.

Working, Lauren. The Making of Imperial Policy

Freely available, open access monograph published by Cambridge University Press, 2020.

1958 Riots

This page gives access to a number of digitised documents concerning the Notting Hill Riots of August and September 1958.

America and Race: a Bibliography for UK History Undergraduates

The America and Race bibliography project presents works that provide accessible historical insights into conceptions of race, the social construction of difference, and the freedom struggles that have attempted to dismantle white supremacy. The project adopts a broad chronological span from early America to the contemporary United States, and includes Atlantic, global, national, and regional approaches.

Black and Asian People discovered in records held in the Manuscripts Section, Guildhall Library

List of Black and Asian people found in London parish registers found in Guildhall Library.

Black Central Europe

Site looks at the experiences of Black communities in German-speaking Europe over the last millennium.

Canny, Nicholas & Morgan, Philip. 'Introduction: the making and unmaking of an Atlantic world'

Freely available introductory chapter to The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World: 1450-1850

Commonwealth Oral History Project

Project created and managed by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Includes dozens of interviews which reflect upon the history of the Commonwealth since 1965.

Digital Library of the Caribbean

The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean.

Digital South Asian Library

The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia, including books and journals, full-text dictionaries, bibliographies, images, maps, and statistical information from the colonial period through the present.

Dresser, Madge & Hann, Andrew (eds.) Slavery and the British Country House

Online work published in 2013.

Duffield, Ian. Duse Mohamed Ali and the development of Pan-Africanism 1866-1945 (1971)

PhD Thesis on the life and careers of Dusé Mohamed Ali.

Early Caribbean Digital Archive

The ECDA has two primary related, overarching goals: the first is to uncover and make accessible a literary history of the Caribbean written or related by black, enslaved, Creole, indigenous, and/or colonized people. Although the first step in this process is digitization, the ECDA is more than a digitization or cataloging initiative. Rather, we aim to enable users—both scholars of the Caribbean as well as students—to understand the colonial nature of the archive and to use the digital archive as a site of revision and remix for exploring ways to decolonize the archive.

Emmergency: an exhibition on the Mau Mau conflict and British Colonial rule in 1950s Kenya.

Exhibition
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/591175bf1b10e32648746640/t/5e273aa7de776a57d97e2588/1579629236853/Emergency+Exhibition+Guide-compressed.pdf

3D Models
https://africandigitalheritage.com/category/maumaureconstruction/

Exhibition curated by the Museum of British Colonialism. It includes testimony from three witnesses of the conflict. Also a number of 3D models from the 'Pipeline' camps have been created in partnership with African Digital Heritage.

Finn, Margot & Smith, Kate (eds.) The East India Company at home 1757-1857 (London: UCL Press, 2018)

Open access publication free to download

Forward to Freedom: the history of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement 1959-1994

Resources and information about the anti-Apartheid movement in Britain.

Games, Alison. 'Atlantic history: definitions, challenges and opportunities', The American Historical Review, 111 (2006), pp. 741-57

Freely available to view on Jstor until 31st December 2020.

Grunwick Remembered

Here you can find a number of recorded interviews about the Grunwick Strike of August 1976, including reflections from the strike leader Jayaben Desai.

History Workshop Online

History Workshop Online (HWO) is a digital magazine that seeks to continue the spirit of the History Workshop movement by publishing accessible and engaging articles that deepen understanding of the past for historians and the public, and which reflect upon present day issues and agitate for change in the world we live in now. HWO is a politically pluralistic platform and publishes a wide spectrum of progressive radical opinion.

Legacies of British Slave Ownership

Includes data recording compensation paid to slave owners in Britain.

Making Britain: discover how South Asians shaped the nation, 1870-1950

This online database provides information about South Asians in Britain from 1870 to 1950, the organizations they were involved in, their British connections, and the major events in which they participated. Designed as an interactive tool, it offers engaging and innovative search and browsing options, including a timeline, location maps, and network diagrams modelled on social networking sites which demonstrate South Asians' interactions and relationships in Britain at the time. Some entries have extracts from archival sources with explanation of their content and relevance.

Article about immigration to Northern Ireland in the early 21st century.

McCarthy, Mark. 'The slave trade and emancipation recalled by streets in Camden Town'

Draft of a paper accepted for publication in Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society.

The Memory Map of the Jewish East End

The Memory Map of the Jewish East End, a new digital resource where you can explore former sites of Jewish memory in East London.

National Digital Library of India

To access you will need to create a user account.

Petley, Christer. 'New perspectives on slavery and emancipation in the British Caribbean' Historical Journal, 54 (2011), pp. 855-880.

Freely available to view on JStor until 31st December 2020.

Post-Windrush: African Caribbean migration 1948-1957

Give access to six documents found in Warwick University Library.

Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report

https://royalhistsoc.org/racereport/

Update 1 (published December 2019)
https://files.royalhistsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/17204804/RHS-REEWG-Roadmap-Update-Dec-2019-FINAL.pdf

Update 2 (published November 2020)
https://files.royalhistsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25110548/RHS_Roadmap_2_25_November_2020_WEB.pdf

Report published by the Royal Historical Society in 2018 highlighting, among other things, the underrepresentation of ‘Black and Minority Ethnic’ (BME) students and staff in university History programmes, the substantial levels of race-based bias and discrimination experienced by BME historians in UK universities, and the negative impact of narrow school and university curriculums on diversity and inclusion.

Runaway Slaves in Britain

Searchable database of 800 newspaper reports.

Sancho, Ignatius. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho (1784)

Site provides an introduction and digital copy of the 1784 editions of Sancho's published letters.

Slave Voyages

Comprises of a number of databases concerning the Atlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Slavery and Revolution: Jamaica and Slavery in the age of Revolution

Site created and run by Prof. Christer Petley highlighting the history of slavery in Jamaica through the letters of the slave-holder Samuel Taylor.

Thomas Thistlewood Collection

https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Search/Results?lookfor=thomas+thistlewood&type=AllFields&submit=Find

Digitised collection of 61 items from the papers of the 18th century Jamaican slave-holder Thomas Thistlewood, now held in the Beinecke Library, Yale University.

West India Committee Online Portal

Welcome to the West India Committee’s online portal for West Indian History, Heritage and Culture. The West India Committee collection contains over 500 years of knowledge on the Caribbean and matters relating to the Caribbean and, due to its significance, it has been recognised as a UNESCO Memory of the World.

Working, Lauren. The Making of Imperial Policy

Freely available, open access monograph published by Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Adams, Geraldine Kendall. 'Exhibition of toppled Colston statue planned when Bristol museums reopen'.

Article, 12th June 2020.

Akomolafe, Femi. 'Questionable black history in the British curriculum' (2017)

Post on the National Institute of African Studies.

BAMEed Network

BAMEed connects, enables and showcases the talent of diverse educators so they may inspire future generations and open up the possibilities within education careers.

Being Black in the Arts and Heritage Sector

An interview with paper conservator, Ashleigh Brown.

Black History4Schools

Portal of resources useful for pupils and teachers. Teachers may be interested in the articles selection.

Black Teachers Connect

Black Teachers Connect is an online community for black teachers and those in education, connecting personally and professionally.

CILIP BAME Network

The BAME Network has been established to provide a forum for librarians and information professionals from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds to share their experiences, support each other and network.

Gompertz, Will. 'How UK museums are responding to Black Lives Matter'.

BBC News article, 29th June 2020.

Ishaq, Mohammed & Hussain, Asifa Maaria. BAME staff experiences of academic and research libraries

Report produced by SCONUL in 2019.

Justice for History

A series of podcasts by teachers on teaching the history of race, slavery and empire.

Mohamud, Abdul & Whitburn, Robin (ed.)

(London: UCL Institute of Education Press, 2016)

(£24.99)

Moore, Porchia. 'Cartography: a black woman's response to museums in the time of racial uprising.'

Blog Post by Dr. Porchia Moore, Departmental Head and Assistant Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Florida.

Museum Detox

Museum Detox is a network for people of colour working in the museum, gallery and heritage sector.

Professional Development for Teachers

Course run by the Black Cultural Archives geared towards primary school teachers (fees apply)

Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report

https://royalhistsoc.org/racereport/

Update 1 (published December 2019)
https://files.royalhistsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/17204804/RHS-REEWG-Roadmap-Update-Dec-2019-FINAL.pdf

Update 2 (published November 2020)
https://files.royalhistsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25110548/RHS_Roadmap_2_25_November_2020_WEB.pdf

Report published by the Royal Historical Society in 2018 highlighting, among other things, the underrepresentation of ‘Black and Minority Ethnic’ (BME) students and staff in university History programmes, the substantial levels of race-based bias and discrimination experienced by BME historians in UK universities, and the negative impact of narrow school and university curriculums on diversity and inclusion.

Schoenberger, Elisa. 'What does it mean to decolonise a museum?'

Article explores the methods museums in North America, Europe and Australia have sought to decolonise their collections and spaces.

The Wonder House Blog Series

 A new podcast series that shares some of the most innovative contemporary approaches to decolonising museums so that we are all empowered and inspired to learn and experiment.