Black Presence

The Black Presence website was formerly the Black Presence in Britain, history site about the contribution of African descended people in British history.

The Black Presence in Britain website was set up in 1998 due to a lack of information about Black people in Britain to be found on the Internet.

I was studying politics [...]

living flag: panhandling for reparations (damali ayo)

The street performance that started it all. damali takes the struggle for reparations to the street and gets the job done. In this work, titled living flag, she panhandles for reparations- collecting money from white people and paying it immediately to black people.

http://www.youtube.com/user/damaliayo

 

Through my eyes

 

Alongside From War to Windrush, the Imperial War Museum is also launching a new online exhibition as part of the Their Past Your Future programme entitled Through My Eyes: Stories of Conflict, Belonging and Identity. The exhibition will illustrate the ways in which various twentieth century conflicts have made people rethink or reaffirm their [...]

Iniva

Iniva creates exhibitions, publications, multimedia, education and research projects, designed to bring the work of artists from culturally diverse backgrounds to the attention of the widest possible public.

 

http://www.iniva.org/

Autograph APB

Autograph ABP is a charity, originally established in 1988 as an international, non-profit-making, photographic arts organisation that educates the public in photography, with a particular emphasis on addressing issues of cultural identity and human rights.  It was converted into a charity in 2007.  We produce our own programme of exhibitions, [...]