Black History by Race Education https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory en-us 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC 2021-09-28 15:27:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Black and British: A Forgotten History - First Encounters (1 of 4) raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670149 53 minutes - Hint: view in week 1
Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa. From the African Romans who guarded Hadrian's Wall in the 3rd century AD to the black trumpeter of the Tudor courts, David uncovers a history that is as surprising as it is revealing.]]> 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670149 Black and British: A Forgotten History - Freedom (2 of 4) raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670154 59 minutes Hint: view in week 2
In the second part of his four-part series, historian David Olusoga explores the business of slavery and remembers the black sailors who fought for Britain at Trafalgar.

He also celebrates a Georgian boxing superstar and the men and women who crossed continents in pursuit of freedom.
]]> 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670154 Black and British: A Forgotten History - Moral Mission (3 of 4) raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670156 59 minutes Hint: view in week 3
In part three of this groundbreaking series, historian David Olusoga explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery.]]> 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670156 Black and British: A Forgotten History - The Homecoming (4 of 4) raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670158 59 minutes
(Hint: View in Week 4)
Historian David Olusoga concludes his series with the three African kings who stood up to empire, an irresistible crooner, race riots in Liverpool and the shaping of black British identity in the 20th century.
]]> 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670158 Tuesday - What is Black History Month and why is it celebrated? raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670211 A 5 minute read from ITV News]]> 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670211 Local UK Black History Month Events 2020 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670220 Click on local region]]> 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670220 1619 - Podcast raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670315 3 hours and 34 minutes over 6 episodes
An audio series from The Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery.]]> 2020-09-23 12:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771670315 Monday - Lost Legends Film - Why is Black History Month important? raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771726545 12 minutes 43 seconds]]> 2020-09-23 12:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/771726545 Wednesday - Black History Matters by Don John at TEDxSouthampton raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/782323677 17 minutes 51 seconds
Don John is a filmmaker, author and DJ as well as a consultant in the field of community cohesion. He has been a pioneer in the development of ‘Race and Diversity’ issues across the southern region for over 30 years and was the founder and coordinator of Black History Month in Southampton for more than 20 years. In this talk, John explains why Black history should not just be important to Black people. ‘Black Lives Matter’ is only the beginning of a process.
]]> 2020-09-27 12:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/782323677 Witness Black History - BBC World Service raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/785169315 Interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.]]> 2020-09-28 17:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/785169315 Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/785178277 by Reni Eddo-Lodge]]> 2020-09-28 17:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/785178277 White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/785178913 by Robin DiAngelo]]> 2020-09-28 17:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/785178913 Thursday: What is the Windrush Generation? raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/786832581 BBC]]> 2020-09-29 06:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/786832581 Black & British Quiz raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/786902211 2020-09-29 06:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/786902211 Liverpool Race Riots 1919 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/790131687 In the wake of the First World War and demobilization, the surplus of labour led to dissatisfaction among Britain’s workers, in particular seamen. This was arguably the key factor that led to the outbreak of rioting between white and minority workers in Britain’s major seaports, from January to August 1919. ]]> 2020-09-30 03:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/790131687 The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/790132069 The boycott drew national attention to racial discrimination in Britain, and the campaign was supported by national politicians, with interventions being made by church groups and the High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago.]]> 2020-09-30 03:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/790132069 Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793706404 Broadcasters Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have been forgotten in a 90-minute special.]]> 2020-10-01 06:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793706404 Black Tudors: The Untold Story raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793711200 by Miranda Kaufmann]]> 2020-10-01 06:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793711200 John Kent 1805 - 1886 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793806133 Britain’s First Black Policeman]]> 2020-10-01 07:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793806133 Walter Tull 1888 - 1918 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793806468 Walter Tull was both a professional footballer player and a soldier during World War One. Walter had to give up his career as a footballer to help out in the war, but he then became recognised as the first black officer to lead white British soldiers into battle.]]> 2020-10-01 07:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793806468 Mary Seacole 1805-1881 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793807274 2 minutes 43 seconds]]> 2020-10-01 07:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793807274 Robert Branford 1817 -1869 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793808421 2020-10-01 07:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793808421 Learie Constantine raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793808981 Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, MBE (21 September 1901 – 1 July 1971) was a West Indian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black peer.]]> 2020-10-01 07:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793808981 NOOR INAYAT-KHAN 1914-1944 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793809896 2020-10-01 07:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793809896 Friday: Please have a go at the Quiz raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793819512 Its in the final column  ]]> 2020-10-01 07:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/793819512 David Olusoga in Conversation: Black History Matters raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/794026342 FREE Online Event - Wed 7 Oct 2020, 19:30 - 20:30 - Booking in advance required.]]> 2020-10-01 09:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/794026342 The African who transformed Anglo-Saxon England raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/794446363 When a Libyan cleric called Hadrian arrived in Canterbury in AD 670, Anglo-Saxon England was a wild and semi-pagan land. Within a matter of years, it was the driving force behind a remarkable renaissance in learning. Michael Wood reveals how this little-known “man of Africa” helped lay the foundations of English culture.]]> 2020-10-01 13:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/794446363 Race Riots in Liverpool - podcast raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/794488226 In July 1981 race riots broke out on the streets of Liverpool. It was the first time that British police used CS gas to control civil unrest in mainland Britain.]]> 2020-10-01 13:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/794488226 The Bristol Bus Boycott - podcast raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/795090668 In 1963 a small group of British black activists started a pioneering protest against racism within the local bus company in Bristol. It had specified that it did not want to employ black bus drivers. Inspired by the example of the US Civil Rights Movement the boycott ended in victory and led to the passage of Britain's first anti-discrimination laws. ]]> 2020-10-01 15:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/795090668 Resources from National Education Union raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797165500 2020-10-02 09:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797165500 Rediscovering Black Portraiture through the Getty Museum Challenge raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797300746 by The Iris blog part of Getty]]> 2020-10-02 12:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797300746 Recreating Black Portraiture raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797303336 Peter Brathwaite is a musician who has taken on the #gettymuseumchallenge His focus has been on re-surfacing black portraiture, most of which has not had as wide an audience as it is getting now.]]> 2020-10-02 12:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797303336 REDISCOVERING BLACK PORTRAITURE THROUGH THE GETTY MUSEUM CHALLENGE. raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797306322  by Peter Brathwaite]]> 2020-10-02 12:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/797306322 Week 1 Quiz raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/800627619 Good Luck ]]> 2020-10-04 09:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/BlackHistory/wish/800627619