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This walk links the Imperial War Museum with the Cumin Museum of Ancient Egypt. It illustrates more than 200 years of Black historyAbout this Event
This walk links the Imperial War Museum with the Cumin Museum of Ancient Egypt. It illustrates more than 200 years of Black history with tales of the Will Smith of 1800's London, the strategic planning of the Windrush generation, African soldiers and their centuries of service to Britain, India and Africa's enormous role in WW2. We cover:
- How Sam King the Jamaican RAF veteran fought the Far Right
- The Windrush generation and the fight for a place to sleep
- Immigration, regeneration and gentrification
- The Fisk Jubilee Singers
- African-Americans, academia and Queen Victoria
- Paul Robeson, Welsh miners, the Trocadero
- How organised Black British struggle changed the law
- No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish
- Mass media and Jewish refugees, Hitler and England
Check out our walks, talks and films www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
Other coming events from Black History Walks www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
- James Baldwin plaque unveiling (17th May 10am)
- Battlestar Galactica's Black history
- Andromeda, Queen of Sheba and Black women in European art
- Black history river cruise
- How Black people Won World War 2
- Trafalgar Square, St Paul's, Hackney, Soho, Notting Hill,Harlem in Mayfair walks
- Theatreland walking tours
- African women resistance leaders
- How to teach Black History at GCSE
- Black presence in the National Gallery/Wallace Collection
- Black History bus tour
- Fighitng the Slavemaster Past and Present
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Meet point on request, x, London, United Kingdom
Tickets
GBP 12.00
