Explore Black Londoners' stories in our collection through articles, videos and photography.
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Hear the voices of the Windrush generation, learn about dub reggae's influence on the capital and explore the heritage of Black Londoners thanks to our on-site programme and online resources.
From never-heard-before oral histories to articles exploring our extensive photography collection, we have curated a selection of content that explores the history of the African-Caribbean community in London.
Take a trip back in time to discover just some of London’s Black history from the Roman era to the present day. Learn about the amazing achievements of African and Caribbean Londoners and their contributions to London life.
Culture Mile Learning has produced a programme of activity and digital content, to support secondary school teachers to incorporate Black British history, arts, and culture into the curriculum.
In the spring of 2021, the Museum of London acquired two fashion ensembles and a group of oral histories from Tihara Smith and her Granddad, Lazare Sylvestre. Together, these acquisitions tell a multi-generational story about immigration, life in London, and a shared love for fashion.
Neil Kenlock and Armet Francis took their cameras onto the streets of North Kensington to document the lives of African-Caribbean people across London and beyond. Both Jamaican-born, they arrived in Britain as children and became well-established professional photographers.
Discover how photographers Roger Mayne and Henry Grant brought an outsider's perspective to North Kensington, fascinated by the community they found there.
Look through the lens of Charlie Phillips, a groundbreaking photographer who captured the lives of black Londoners in North Kensington, and street life for over thirty years.
Delve deeper into our oral history collection, containing more than 5,000 hours of recorded life story interviews from the people who have lived, worked, moved, migrated, found refuge or just passed through London.
How do we communicate through objects? What does representation mean? And whose stories are told in our collections and archives? Four newly produced short films delve into such questions by exploring objects and individuals in collections across the Culture Mile.
Listening to London volunteer Jasmine Pierre discusses oral histories of the 1981 uprising in Brixton to reflect on her own experiences of racial upheaval in London in 2011 and 2020.