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We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with DK Books to publish a series of three books in August 2022 entitled; Legacies: Black British Pioneers, Migration: Journeys through Black British History and Places: Important Sites in Black British History.
Teaching Black British History – Where are we now?
The debate on teaching Black British history has gathered momentum in the past three years as a result of our advocacy work at The Black Curriculum and the #TBH365Campaign. The realisation that the National Curriculum barely covered Black British history however goes as far back as 2014 when the following petition to ‘Introduce Black History in the primary curriculum’ was made to the UK Government.
TBC’s new partnership with Into Film
We are excited to announce a new partnership with Into Film.
Conversations With Young People has concluded
We have successfully concluded our ‘Conversations with Young People’ series, held throughout October’s Black History Month. Our aim with the series was to explore young people’s understanding and perspectives of colonialism.
Meet TBC’s New Department Head!
Invitation to Tender for the Evaluation of The Black Curriculum's Programmes and Initiatives
Springboard: September 29 @ Powerhouse, Manchester
The Black Curriculum delivered a Manny on the Map Springboard workshop on the 29th of September, in partnership with the Poetry Place, a poetry collective based in Manchester who facilitated the session. The facilitators designed the workshop for young people that explored how poetry and music has been used as a form of protest, that speaks up against racial discrimination.
Conversations with Young People
The Black Curriculum will be running a series of ‘Conversations with Young People’ throughout October’s Black History Month, to explore young people’s understanding of colonialism.
Wales introduces BAME history in its national curriculum
Wales has become the first nation in the UK to mandate Black history lessons across its national curriculum. This means all learning areas will need to reflect the diverse experiences and contributions of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and individuals, in both the past and present Wales.
RIP Chris Kaba
The Black Curriculum is saddened to hear about the death of 24-year old Chris Kaba. Chris was fatally shot by the Metropolitan Police on Monday evening after being wrongly presumed to be in possession of a firearm. He is the second Black man this year to have been killed by the police, following the death of Oladedji Omishore just a few months ago in June.
Birmingham Common Ground Youth Summit
Earlier this month we were invited down to Birmingham to host a workshop to 200 young people at the Birmingham Common Ground Youth Summit. The Summit is Part of Bring the Power Youth Programme and is funded by Birmingham City Council, the Common Ground Grant is a creative engagement project with a PSHE curriculum link open to Secondary schools in Birmingham that aims to foster cultural collaboration, promote student leadership and an opportunity to reflect and share what it means to be part of the Commonwealth in 2022.
Royal African Society, African Kingdoms
The African Kingdoms event is an evening of networking and discussion hosted by the Royal African Society to learn about approaches to teaching African history in schools. On June 20, they hosted their second instalment of the event at SOAS university, it was an evening of hope centred around the practice in the arena of African history.
Royal Opera House ‘Flower Power’ Family Sunday in collaboration with The Black Curriculum
For the ‘Flower Power’ Family Sunday, 12th June 2022, Christina Peake, Senior Educator at The Black Curriculum, worked with Royal Opera House to research and curate the content to reflect the diverse Black British, communal and plant-based histories in Covent Garden of the past 800 years in response to British Flowers Week
The Black Curriculum's statement on the abhorrent treatment of Child Q
No child should have to experience what Child Q experienced. Our thoughts and solidarity are with Child Q and her family. The Black Curriculum was created in response to the failings of our education system. Our work goes beyond being 'not racist' but understanding and addressing the intersections of race, structures & power. It’s ensuring that what happened to Child Q, and to so many others, never happens again.
The Black Curriculum appoints Hon. Stuart Lawrence as their latest patron
It’s an honour to announce that the Honourable Stuart Lawrence will be joining us as a patron of The Black Curriculum! With over 20 years of experience in specialist youth engagement, we will be working with Stuart to build on our work with young people and schools.
5 reasons you should join our FREE online teacher training course
Accessible education for all is a key part of what we do at The Black Curriculum. Our free online Future Learn course is a great tool for educators who want to learn how to best embed Black British History into their teaching.
Out Now: TBC Books!
We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with DK Books to publish a series of three books in August 2022 entitled; Legacies: Black British Pioneers, Migration: Journeys through Black British History and Places: Important Sites in Black British History.
A tribute to Jamal Edwards
The Black Curriculum is devastated by the news of the passing of Jamal Edwards. Our thoughts are with his loved ones during this time. A pioneer, creative, and activist, Jamal's legacy will act as an archive of Black British cultural history and live on to empower future generations.