Joseph Emidy: The Afro‑Portuguese Virtuoso Britain Tried to Forget
Joseph Antonio Emidy (c. 1775–23 April 1835) was an Afro‑Portuguese violinist, composer, and teacher who became one of the most prominent musical figures in early...
Category : Black British History
The Empire Windrush: June 22, 1948
“What were they thinking these 492 Jamaicans, as the Empire Windrush slid upstream with the flood between the closing shores of Kent and Essex? Standing...
The Bronze Woman: The first public statue of a Black woman in England
The Bronze Woman, which was unveiled on October 8, 2008, in the south London town of Stockwell at the Stockwell Memorial Gardens, is a 10-foot...