BRIGHTON & HOVE BLACK HISTORY
Revealing Brighton & Hove’s Hidden Past
We seek to reveal Brighton & Hove’s hidden past and help local people get involved in mapping their own history of Brighton & Hove.
The stories of Black and Asian men and women and their connection to Brighton and Hove.
The experiences of nurses who were recruited by the NHS from the former colonies during the1950s and 1960s.
There are many unanswered questions about how a young African boy rescued from a slave dhow came to be buried in a graveyard in Brighton in 1870.
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Discover the forgotten history of a city, learn from the incredible achievements and challenges of Brighton’s many Black residents, visitors and philanthropists. The journey is endless..
NEWS & UPDATES
Black History Family Day 2021
Get busy and enjoy a variety of fun creative activities: Arts & crafts tables, creative writing room, backstage tours, singing, dancing & drumming workshops and an enlightening heritage film & talk Three tables of Arts & Craft making, for all ages A...
Help Us Find Photographs and Records from 1890s for Three African Kings project
We are working on a new educational project to develop online resources for Brighton & Hove primary and secondary schools. We are looking for old photos and stories from local people and records from local schools.
Black History co-founder Bert Williams MBE featured on 3-part documentary
Brighton & Hove Black History co-Founder Dr Cuthbert Williams MBE was the star of a new three-part series hosted by Stephanie Prior for Latest TV, as part of 2020 Black History Month. Watch Part 1 of the documentary. In Part 2 of 3 of this series, Stephanie...