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"Celestine Edwards' and Ida B Wells' UK tour had galvanised a sense of hope that racial prejudice, wherever it existed, could be challenged in all its forms." My essay in The White Review thewhitereview.org/feature/the-fo… @conza_yvonne, Clint Smith, Ida Bae Wells, roxane gay

#TheJohnBlankeProject on Sky Arts Awards next week Tue 11th July 8pm "Stories from The National Portrait Gallery" National Portrait Gallery

Delighted to report National Portrait Gallery launch state-of-the-art online NPG Schools hub, great new resources exploring key individuals from #NPG Collection inc #JohnBlanke JohnBlankeProject full of ideas, themes eg identity, empire & migration see for yourself at npg.org.uk/schools-hub

What a brilliant piece of research to recover the identity of the Black Boy - Marcus Thomas - in Reynolds painting...

Was interviewed by Kieren Williams from The Mirror last month on my views on Black History Month 2023 #BHM2023 #BHM here's the article.....

Tomorrow I’ll discuss my research into the meanings attached to lighter and darker complexions in Black British communities, 1920-85. Join us at IHR Black British History Seminar to hear about new studies within the field! 📍 Senate House 🗓️ 19/10/23 history.ac.uk/events/lighten… #BlackHistoryMonth

🔥A night full of history, music and searing insight 🔥 writersmosaic at the BL exploring Britain's role in the Atlantic slave trade with Bonnie Greer & S.I. Martin (& a glimpse of the ever-dashing colin grant)

standard.co.uk/lifestyle/beau… 'I was conforming to an idea of attractiveness not rooted in my culture' Read the serialisation of my new book in tomorrow's nope s Decolonising My Body - out this Thursday! #DecolonisingMyBody #DMB #books

Discover the story of John Blanke and why he is significant in our History Explainer video with Michael I. Ohajuru DUniv, FRSA from JohnBlankeProject on Schools hub National Portrait Gallery #BlackHistoryMonth npg.org.uk/schools-hub/hi…

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hei… This is the story of how two Heirs of Enslavement - Clive Lewis MP, a descendent of the enslaved, and Laura Trevelyan, of the enslaver - can come together to right the wrongs of the past. In this six-part series, New episode every Friday.

Presentation/discussion by authors of this History book now used in schools which features Black British Civil Rights Dr Rashada Harry @RashidNix Operation Black Vote Stephen Bourne Historians without Borders Black History Month 2025 Wolfson History Prize BlackBritishHistory Black Curriculum Elizabeth Pears Colonial Countryside Hakim Adi

NEW EXHIBITION! I Keep saying I'm going to be more active in sharing my work, but lord knows my cup is full! Happy to announce that tickets for BEYOND THE BASSLINE British Library are on sale. The exhibition explores 500 years of Black music in Britain bit.ly/BLBeyondTheBas…

The crowdfunding page for "The John Blanke Project: Artists and Historians Reimagine the Black Tudor Trumpeter" Book is open crowdfunder.co.uk/p/publishing-t… #LetsMakeHistory

Wk 1 great start - we're nearing half our crowdfunding goal with 3 wks left! 🚀 Still time to #MakeHistory BIG thanks to those who already have! 🙏 Join us & be part of the #JohnBlanke story. #LetsMakeHistory crowdfunder.co.uk/p/publishing-t…

From Open University Starter Pack in 2004 to Honorary Doctorate in 2024 thank all who have been on the journey with me.... veronese1515.blogspot.com/2024/03/honora… #OUFamily #OpenUniverstity #Humanities #HumanitesMatter #StayWoke

So looking forward to being part of Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens exhibition teacher's CPD NPG Schools event where we'll imagine the Black Tudor Trumpeter who performed in front Henry's first wife...

Check out "The Amazing True Story of Flight Lieutenant John Henry Smythe" eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-amazing-… Insightful Black History Paterson Joseph Claudia Webbe VisitEngland Visit London Londonist Sky News Gillian Joseph HISTORY @BhmUK Wolfson History Prize @OlivetteOtele BlackBritishHistory