The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963: Britain’s Civil Rights Turning Point
In the spring of 1963, Black Bristolians and their allies launched a four‑month bus boycott that would change race relations in Britain. Rooted in the...
Tag : Black British History
Did You Know that Queen Phillipa of Hainault is one of the 100 Great Black Britons?
According to 100 Great Black Britons website, Queen Phillipa is England’s first Black queen and mother of the Black Prince. Philippa of Hainault was born...
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...
Dr. Edward Scobie: An authority on the African presence in early Western Europe
“Don’t let our history die.” ~Edward Scobie Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie, author of Black Britannia: The History of Blacks in Britain, distinguished himself as a leading...