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Who do you think you are?
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Books
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Tracing Your Family Heritage
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100 Great Black Britons Book 2020
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Case Study Motherland
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100 Great Black Britons book and game
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2013: Calls for Annual Celebration of Windrush Day
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Black History Month - Origins
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Alex Haley - Roots
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The Windrush Generation Legacy
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Harlesden Routes
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Diaspora Family History
Who do you think you are?

Books
Publications Every generation Media have compiled an excellent reading list with a selection of the books available to assist with your genealogy family research Amazon.co.uk Widgets Read more...Tracing Your Family Heritage

100 Great Black Britons Book 2020

Case Study Motherland

100 Great Black Britons book and game

2013: Calls for Annual Celebration of Windrush Day

Black History Month - Origins

Alex Haley - Roots

The Windrush Generation Legacy

Harlesden Routes

Diaspora Family History
A world history perspective is essential in understanding the complexity of family history from an African, Caribbean and Black British context. Exploring and defining the African diaspora can be useful using the following historical dimens... Read more...100 Great Black Britons Book 2020
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A long-overdue book, 100 Great Black Britons honours the remarkable achievements of key Black British individuals over history, in collaboration with the 100 Great Black Britons campaign founded and run by Patrick Vernon OBE and Dr Angelina Osborne. With a foreword written by David Olusoga, this book includes a list of Black British names and accompanying portraits – including new role models and previously little-known historical figures. Each entry explores in depth the individual’s contribution to British history – a contribution that too often has been either overlooked or dismissed.
Home school competition to explore Black British History
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In the light of the COVID-19 crisis and with schools closed until further notice, we are launching a new “home school” competition for children and young people, to explore Black British History and multicultural Britain.
The competition, sponsored by The National Education Union (NEU), the largest education union in Europe, is part of the special launch of the 100 Great Black Britons campaign created by Patrick Vernon OBE to celebrate the continued legacy and achievements of Black people in Britain.
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100 Great Black Britons book and game
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Launching Oct 2020: As part of the 100 Great Black Britons campaign a book co-written by Patrick Vernon OBE and Dr Angelina Osborne, will be published later this year along with a board game celebrating important Black British figures and their impact on British culture.
Patrick Vernon & the Ubele Initiative Launch Covid-19 Bereavement Fund
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Frontline staff from BAME backgrounds have lost their lives to Covid-19 throughout the past weeks, with the BAME community disproportionately affected by the virus. Figures from NHS England show that of patients in hospital testing positive for Covid-19 at time of death, 16.2% were of BAME ethnicity, while BAME people make up 10.8% of the UK population (according to the 2011 census).
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100 Great Black Britons book
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Little, Brown imprint Robinson will publish Patrick Vernon and Dr Angeline Osborne’s book 100 Great Black Britons to coincide with the announcement of the new list in 2020.
Vernon’s first campaign in 2003 was a major media movement to focus on the role of black people in British history. Originally a response to another BBC poll of 100 great Britons,