Hackney (Dalston) Black History Walk

Sun May 03 2026 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm UTC+01:00

Meet point on REQUEST | London

Black History Walks
Publisher/HostBlack History Walks
Hackney (Dalston) Black History Walk
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This  walk  recognises 75 years since the SS Windrush arrived  from the Caribbean. It covers from the 1950s up to the 2000s
About this Event

In association with Hackney History Festival.

This walk recognises 75 years since the SS Windrush arrived from the Caribbean.This tour starts with the 1950's and goes right up to the 21st century. We will cover:


  • Black music history soul, reggae, rave and acid: the legendary 4 Aces
  • Blue plaques to Black people and how they get ripped off
  • Hackneys black activism and its pioneering role in housing equality
  • Sus and Operation Jackpot, the Rick Ross connection
  • Black British Civil Rights : Hackney Community Defence Association, Colin Roach and others
  • Revolution via reading: Black bookshops, Maarifa, Centerprise
  • Gentrification and social cleansing
  • Education and the Black child, from grassroots campaigns to national change
  • Race Relations 1965, 1968,1976 the reasons, the impact, the legacies
  • The rise of the black church, James Baldwin

Other coming events: www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk

  • African Superheroes Day
  • 6 African leaders removed by the French
  • Black History Steam train tour
  • Black History helicopter trip
  • Black History Walks in London Volume 1 book signings
  • Champion Black Boxers and businessmen of the 1800s
  • St Paul’s/Bank/Hackney/Soho walks
  • Teaching Black History in China
  • Ishmahil Blagrove season: Cuba. Gun Crime. Notting Hill. Mangrove 9
  • 20 years of Black History Walks

Look out for 'Black History Walks in London Volume 1'. This is part of Jacaranda Books revolutionary Twenty in 2020 initiative to publish 20 books by 20 Black British authors in 2020.

A lso see our GCSE History book from Pearson part based on our Notting Hill walk, see image below


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Meet point on REQUEST, Dalston, London, United Kingdom

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GBP 16.00

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