Tag: Black History Month
5 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Why Poland's biggest national hero will have a plaque on a Bristol hotel

Tadeusz Kościuszko may not be a name familiar to many in Bristol, but he is regarded as a national hero in Poland, Be...

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7 months ago
mirror.co.uk

'Black women suffer in silence' during menopause and 'don't seek help', warns Olympian

The Menopause Charity ambassador Michelle Griffith Robinson says it is her role as a 52-year-old perimenopausal woman...

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8 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Black History Month 2023: Celebrating the achievements of Black women in Bristol

Bristol is well known as a city rich in Black culture and heritage, with a history of social activism

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8 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Police apologise for 'insult' of competition to rename horse after Bristol's Black bus boycott pi...

Avon and Somerset police has apologised for the distress the competition has caused

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9 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Britain's own Civil Rights Movement 60 years on - day of events to mark the Bristol Bus Boycott

There are a host of events taking place across Bristol - from a new commemorative bus to a special church event and a...

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9 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Bristol primary school holds first Roy Hackett Prize in honour of civil rights campaigner

"The response from the students was heartwarming. The children put their hearts and minds into their artwork and lite...

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9 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

All the ways Bristol is marking 60 years since the Bus Boycott

Over the summer of 1963, Bristol was at the forefront of Britain's civil rights movement and is marking the 60th anni...

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9 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Huge Bristol event to celebrate hip hop's 50th birthday

Bristol in 2023 would arguably be a very different place without the influence of hip hop

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10 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Tributes to legendary engineer and Bristol taxi driver Ron Rosedam

He arrived in Bristol in the harshest winter of the century and had a life well-lived, working as a taxi driver all t...

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11 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

St Pauls Carnival full line up revealed as main stage is renamed

All the stages, all the acts

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11 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Bristol church to install 'multi-ethnic Jesus' stained glass windows instead of 'grotesque' Colston

"To encourage parishioners to look at a memorial to a slave trader is not only grotesque but entirely contrary to the...

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12 months ago
bristolpost.co.uk

National Lottery funding projects for Bristol Bus Boycott anniversary

"It could be anything from putting on lunches for the elderly, a walking tour or setting up an art installation or a ...

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about 1 year ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Bristol will get permanent monument to transatlantic slave trade

"Bristol deserves a national and international monument to honour the victims of the slave trade. This is not a quick...

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over 1 year ago
thestar.com

A Liberal and a Tory fight the same battle: ‘Black women, racialized women, nobody gets it like us’

For Marci Ien and Charmaine Williams, the quest for equality has been the story of their lives, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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over 1 year ago
thestar.com

He never learned about Canada’s first Black doctors in medical school. He wants all students to k...

Physician Nav Persaud said he hopes “people will be inspired” by plaques in Toronto celebrating pioneering 19th-centu...

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over 1 year ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Thousands take part in Bristol University consultation on changing slavery-tainted building names

There are three events next week to discuss the controversial issue further

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

‘It felt like a vendetta’: Craig David opens up on being impersonated on Bo’ Selecta

Craig David has criticised Leigh Francis and his 2000s comedy show Bo’ Selecta! for its use of blackface and racial s...

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over 1 year ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Jesus joins the Bristol Bus Boycott to replace Colston stained glass window

The window dedicated to Edward Colston was removed two years ago

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over 1 year ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Roy Hackett funeral: Tears, laughter and tributes as the legend of Bristol is laid to rest

The biggest standing ovation was for Roy's brave young great-grandson

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over 1 year ago
leeds-live.co.uk

First image shows new 9m memorial sculpture to David Oluwale

Mr Oluwale was subjected to racism and police brutality before he drowned in Leeds in 1969

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almost 2 years ago
londonworld.com

Hackney Carnival: Black women’s domestic abuse charity told ‘no space’ by council

“I would like the council to allow Sistah Space to take part in Hackney Carnival 2022 - as they have every right to -...

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over 2 years ago
birminghammail.co.uk

Forbidden lovers apart for 39 years share secret love poems

Forbidden lovers Penny Umbers and Mark Bethel separated due to the colour of their skin - now they are sharing their ...

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over 2 years ago
walesonline.co.uk

'Racism is still a big issue' - Three generations on what it means to be black in Cardiff

We spoke to a 17-year-old, a 39-year-old and a 74-year-old who have lived in Cardiff their whole lives about their ex...

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over 2 years ago
birminghammail.co.uk

School's bid to end hair discrimination after shocking number of black students face name-calling

Jewellery Quarter Academy has signed up to the Halo Code to embrace afro hairstyles after a study showed that more th...

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over 2 years ago
birminghammail.co.uk

Forbidden lovers separated due to the colour of their skin reunite 39 years on

Penny Umbers never knew why the love of her life left her - until he contacted her nearly 40 years later, explained w...

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over 2 years ago
bristolpost.co.uk

will.i.am meets Bristol's Roy Hackett for The Blackprint and says he should get a statue

The Black Eyed Peas singer learnt about the Bristol Bus Boycott as part of his new documentary

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over 2 years ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Pero's Bridge in Bristol pictured before love locks appeared

The bridge existed for years before locks started appearing

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over 2 years ago
bristolpost.co.uk

The lawyer and nightclub owner fighting to make Bristol a fairer place

A born and bred Bristolian, Marti Burgess is also involved in several prominent organisations in the city such as Bla...

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over 2 years ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Bristol Bears rugby star's tears at racist attack in bar

Simi Pam said she spoke out to show why Black History Month is so vital

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over 2 years ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Bookshop owner 'sad' that landlord is trying to 'shut them down'

The owners arrived on Monday morning to find the business' doors had been chained

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over 3 years ago
thestar.com

TTC investigating after a Black History Month display an employee created was removed

The display was set up by employee Tameka McLaren, as part of TTC’s company-wide Black History Month celebration. She...

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over 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Why this Black History Month is already exhausting for some Black people

Black history is Canadian history. And unless that history, which includes rich contributions by Black people, is ack...

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