THIS PRICE IS FOR THE CLASS BY CLASS COST. CHOOSE ANOTHER OPTION FOR FULL COURSE  OR EARLY BIRD.
 
This short 8 week online (Zoom) course will give you a good grounding in understanding how Black people in the UK have contributed to British society.
 
Robin Walker aka ‘The Black History Man’ will lead a powerful short course on Black British History. All the sessions are inspiring multi-media presentations. The course traces Black British History from 1948 till now and will use film, music and talk, to explain the history of Black people in the UK since the arrival of the ship HMT Empire Windrush in 1948.
 
Come and learn about:
How Black Britons waged political and cultural struggles to win acceptance in Britain
How Black Britons influenced White  culture over the 70 years
How Black Britons entered the Mainstream  as Intellectuals, Sports Personnel, Authors, Actors, Fine Artists, and Politicians
 
There are eight classes:
The MV Empire Windrush. Featured Music:  Calypso
Claudia Jones, the Birth of Carnival and Black people in the NHS.
The Black British Civil Rights Struggles. Featured Music:  Ska and Rocksteady
Enoch Powell and Skinhead Culture. Featured Music: Reggae
1981 - the Annus Horribilis. Featured Music: Lovers Rock  and 2 Tone
How Black Britons entered the Mainstream as Intellectuals, and Sporting Stars; the Birth of Black History Month
How Black Britons entered the Mainstream in Football and Literature. Featured Music: Soul and Jungle
How Black Britons entered the Mainstream in Drama, Fine Art, Textiles, and Politics. Featured Music: Garage and Grime
 
The course runs from 5 November 2023 - 17 December  
All classes start at 7pm and finish at 9pm
All classes will have notes provided via email which you can follow during the class.
A Black British reading book list will be provided for the course (you don't need to read these before the course starts, but it's a good idea to read them before, during and after the course if you can).
All classes encourage a question-and-answer format. Feel free to ask questions of Robin Walker and Avril Nanton who are the providers of the course. Each section presented will have an opportunity for questions. Do not miss the opportunity to ask them!!!
You can choose to pay for the full course or class by class.
 
Where possible the classes will be recorded and the recordings will be made available to attendees. If you attend class by class you will only receive recordings of the classes you attend; same with the notes provided for the course.