Black History Month 2010 Events – HISTORY & EDUCATION

Black History is not taught in schools. Luckily many organisations throughout London are putting together history courses, walks and discussions that highlight the contribution of African and the diaspora to world history. Here are the highlights of the most interesting events happening this month.

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Return of the SS Windrush
Fri 1 – Fri 29 Oct | Free
Elephant & Castle

Sixty Poems for Haiti
Sat 2 Oct, 18.00-20.00 | Free
Peckham Rye

The Brunel Museum history walks
Saturday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Oct, 10.45am
Free for Southwark residents
Bermondsey

What Do We Look Like? Black Communities in the Media
Mon 4 Oct, 18.00 | Free
Homerton

Africans in Asia
Mon 4 Oct, 18.30 | Free
Tooting

Seminar: Haitian Revolution with Panyin Smith
Mon 11 Oct, 19.00 | Free
Seven Sisters

Walking Brixton’s Black History with Michael Groce
Sat 16 Oct, 14.00 | Free
Brixton

Westminster Historical Boat Trip
Sat 16 Oct, 11.00 | Free
Westminster

How To Be a Winner? Yana Johnson MBE
Tue 19 Oct, 18.00 | Free
Manor House

Research Your Black Ancestry
Thu 21 Oct, 16.30-18.30 | Free
London Bridge

Does Africa Need Fair Trade?
Thu 21 Oct, 18.00-20.00 | £5
Docklands

Seminar: Bernie Grant Memorial Road Show
Fri 22 Oct, 18.30 | Free
Seven Sisters

Walking Tour of New Cross and Deptford
Sat 23 Oct, 11.00-12.15 | £5
New Cross

Southwark Black History Walk
Sun 24 Oct, 14.00 | Free
Elephant & Castle

Our Memories of the Uprisings: The 1980s Revisited
Mon 25 Oct, 18.00 | Free
Euston

Slavery Is Not Our History
Tue 26 Oct, 19.00 | £4
Victoria

Black History in Britain before 1948
Wed 27 Oct, 19.00 | £4
Victoria

Evaluating Black History Month
Wed 27 Oct, 18.00 | Free
Barbican

African History Before the Slave Trade
Thu 28 Oct, 18.15 | £4
Ealing