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Category Archives: Black History Month
Black History Month Celebration, South Croydon, Oct 28
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Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22
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Save £25 at Royal Academy of Arts exhibition with TfL offer
Transport for London and the Royal Academy are partnering for the first time to offer customers using public transport 2-for-1 entry into one of the blockbuster exhibitions of the year by internationally acclaimed artist Kerry James Marshall. Kerry James Marshall: … Continue reading
Singing the praises of Amazing Grace, Croydon Minster, Oct 15
Amazing Grace is one of the most famous of hymns. It was written by John Newton, who was born 300 years ago this year. Grace Will Lead Me Home is a musical event which will celebrate Newton and his hymn, … Continue reading
Ruskin House Screen Club: Divided By Race, Fri Oct 25
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Council’s ‘totally unacceptable’ BHM effort is off to late start
Croydon’s Tory-controlled council’s miserable efforts to reflect and celebrate Black History Month have been branded “totally unacceptable” and “woeful”, with no publicity or materials distributed to what is left of the borough’s public libraries. The council’s propaganda bunker swung into … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Black History Month, Community associations, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Education, History, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
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Photography Forum returns with reggae and hip hop exhibit
The popular Croydon Photography Forum returns this month, as Lenses of Croydon launches its Black History Month exhibition, Sound Clash: A Fusion of Hip Hop and Reggae. The photography exhibition opens at the Broad Green Hub on Monday, and delves … Continue reading
Windrush memories laid out on West Croydon Overground line
Transport for London is marking Black History Month with the release of a Windrush episode of its Mind The Gap podcast series about the inspiration behind the new names for the London Overground lines. The Windrush line is the name … Continue reading
Jamaican artist’s design chosen for £1m Windrush memorial
A statue designed by the internationally renowned Jamaican artist Basil Watson has been selected by the Windrush Commemoration Committee to be a national monument to the dreams, ambition, courage and resilience of the pioneers who arrived in Britain from the … Continue reading
Croydon’s Black History Month offers much to be proud about
Croydon’s Black History Month begins tonight under the tagline “Proud2be”. Organised by the Croydon BME Forum, Black History Month includes an intergenerational fashion show, poetry readings, live music, theatre, a networking brunch and thought-provoking discussions.
Share your thoughts on national Windrush Memorial designs
The government is commissioning a permanent national monument to the Windrush Generation to recognise how they have enriched our nation’s history. The monument will be positioned at Waterloo Station, the point of arrival in London for many, as a permanent … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Black History Month, Education, History
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10 tips to help you and others on World Mental Health Day
Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day. Here, ROWENNA DAVIS (left) outlines some of the things which all of us can do to help others, and to help ourselves We need World Mental Health Day more than ever this year. According … Continue reading
Fare rises and jerk chicken: Tory Bailey hasn’t much to offer
Shaun Bailey, recently named as the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, was in Croydon last night for what the local Tories tried to bill as a Black History Month event. KEN TOWL went along to see what Bailey had to … Continue reading
Council’s underwhelming programme for Black History Month
BELLA BARTOCK, our culture correspondent, on the uninspiring offer from Croydon Town Hall It is hard not to have a degree of ambivalence about this year’s offering from Croydon Council for Black History Month. Just like last year, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Black History Month, Dance, Education, History, Libraries, Music, Poetry
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Colour-coded divisions over Black History Month events
It surely cannot be deliberate, since Croydon Council’s press and publicity department is too ham-fisted to organise itself so well. But if anyone ever wanted a demonstration of how we live in a divided borough, then they need only refer … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Badsha Quadir, Black History Month, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dance, Education, Fairfield Halls, History, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Music, Purley, Steve O'Connell, Theatre
Tagged Badsha Quadir, BHM, Black History Month, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kenley, Mario Creatura, Purley, Simon Brew, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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