Black British History at the London Metropolitan Archives: The Huntley Collection

Posted on July 30, 2015 by chrismoffat

In 2005, the pioneering black publishers and activists Jessica and Eric Huntley deposited their personal archives to the London Metropolitan Archives, providing the institution with its first major collection from London’s African-Caribbean community and covering fifty years of Black British history.

Read more about the Huntleys and the Friends of the Huntley Archives at LMA (FHALMA) on the collection’s dedicated website. The archives have recently been used as the basis for an art exhibition at London’s Guildhall Art Gallery: ‘No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action, 1960-1990‘, which is open to the public from 10 July 2015 – 24 January 2016. Click the image below for more information.

Explore other archives and institutions housing collections in Black British History in the ‘Useful Links’ section of this website.

Now Available: Audio from WHBBH2 Liverpool

Posted on April 21, 2015 by chrismoffat

Audio recordings from the second ‘What’s Happening in Black British History?’ workshop (WHBBH2), hosted 19 February 2015 at the University of Liverpool, are now available via our YouTube playlist.

Posted talks include:

• Dr Ray Costello’s Keynote Address.
• Jeffrey Green on ‘Local History: Two Liverpool Families‘
• Madeline Heneghan on ‘Black Seafarers, Servicemen and Workers and the Struggle to Survive‘
• Gary Shaw on ‘The Rise and Role of the Colour Bar in British Boxing 1909-1947‘
• Shaun Wallace on ‘Visual Representations of Significant Post-World War Two African Diasporan Artists‘
• Norma Gregory on ‘Early Black British Narratives: Their Significance and Legacy‘
• Arthur Torrington on ‘How Africans in the Caribbean Hastened Emancipation Day‘
• With an introduction to the WHBBH series from Professor Philip Murphy.

The event concluded with a Roundtable Discussion featuring Dr Richard Huzzey, Dr Ray Costello, Professor Alan Rice, Dr Miranda Kaufmann, Michael Ohajuru, and Elizabeth Burke. See below for the audio: