black history

30 Oct 2024

Win Dame Elizabeth’s memoir

Have you read our article on the incredible life story of Dame Elizabeth Anionwu? Want to know more about her life? Enter our competition …

15 Oct 2024

Fighting ignorance: John Barbour-James

October is Black History Month. In the second of 2 local history articles, with the help of borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates, we take …

1 Oct 2024

Ealing’s pioneering black bookshop

October is Black History Month. In the first of 2 local history articles this month, borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates looks at a groundbreaking …

18 Oct 2022

Black History Month continues…

This Black History Month there are a wide range of workshops, talks and screening to attend for everyone, from individuals, young people and family workshops. …

8 Oct 2021

Stories of those who resisted racism

A new exhibition coming to the borough in November showcases the lives and actions of people who stood up to racism. Local people have …

1 Oct 2021

Ealing celebrates Proud to be: Black History Month 2021

Black History Month, which starts on Friday 1 October, is being celebrated throughout the borough by individuals and communities, many with support from the …

1 Oct 2021

Black actors in early Ealing films

Ealing Film Studios became world famous last century, not least for its production line of movies that came to be known as Ealing Comedy. …

26 Aug 2021

Do you have tapes of local memories you could share?

Do you have any home-made VHS tapes showing life in Ealing? A history project is interested in moving images of the borough in the …

18 Feb 2021

Volunteers asked to rise up for research project

Do you like research? Are you interested in local history? Volunteers are needed to help the borough’s library service put together an exhibition to …

7 Oct 2020

Black History Month: Grants and a competition

To celebrate Black History Month, this year the Young Ealing Foundation is offering small grants to organisations highlighting and celebrating the ways in which …