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Case Study Motherland
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Case Studies on Family History
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A Charmed Life : Eddie Martin Noble
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Who do you think you are?
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Yes! Inclusion on National Curriculum
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo Interview
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Books
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Diaspora Family History
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Black History Month - Origins
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Tracing Your Family Heritage
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Windrush Commemorative magazine 2018
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Alex Haley - Roots
Case Study Motherland
An epic film - shot in Britain, Africa, the Caribbean and America - which follows the first ever descendants of African slaves as they 'return' to Africa armed with the science that will finally enable them to rediscover their lost African ...
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Case Studies on Family History
Every Generation is keen to collect and share examples of best practice of people researching their family history. If you like to write a feature article or a short case study please register as a contributor on our website or email
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A Charmed Life : Eddie Martin Noble
This is the story of one man whose life spanned several decades of change. Eddie describes a physical and emotional journey that takes us from colonial Jamaica to contemporary Britain. But Eddie’s journey also reflects the distance this cou...
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Who do you think you are?
Local residents from the Harlesden Routes family history programme went to Olympia in London on Saturday 23 February 2013 to attend the popular BBC1 TV family history show Who do you think you are.
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Yes! Inclusion on National Curriculum
After launching the successful website and campaign of the 100 Great Black Britons over 10 years ago where Marcy Seacole was voted the Greatest Black Briton by the public, Michael Grove, Secretary State for Education wanted to remove her fr...
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo Interview
Akyaaba Addai-Sebo is responsible for putting forward the concept of a Black History Month in Britain, into what we recognise today, and is celebrated throughout the country. What follows is an edited version of an interview with Kubara Zam...
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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...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...Black History Month - Origins
The conception and notion of Black Ephemera describes not only the process and how negatives images were created but also how they can be challenged and provide positive and alternative perspectives. This is why the creation and development...
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Tracing Your Family Heritage
Family Genealogy in the black community is a difficult and painful process. The impact of slavery still has a mental, physical and socio economic impact on the sustainability of families. The African tradition of the family history and gene...
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Windrush Commemorative magazine 2018
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We provide personal narratives, insight, comments and reflections highlighting the Windrush Generation who came to Britain to those born in the Millennium and the diversity of migration over the last 70 years from the Commonweal...
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Alex Haley - Roots
The History of Roots
I decided to write a book. My own ancestors’ would automatically also be a symbolic saga of all African-descent people-who are without exception the seeds of someone like Kunta who was born and grew up in some black ...
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November 2019 Update
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Raise the Windrush anchor – and make it a statue to modern Britain
On the inaugural Windrush day, Patrick Vernon proposed that the anchor, languishing in the Mediterranean, would stand for racial equality and shared history
On the inaugural Windrush day, Patrick Vernon proposed that the anchor, languishing in the Mediterranean, would stand for racial equality and shared history
A Masterclass in Leadership and Campaigning
Wed 27 Nov 2019 at 18:30
Tickets: Eventbrite
by Martha Cuffy and Patrick Vernon
Masterclass in Leadership and Campaigning. Becoming a champion for an issue or cause you feel passionately about can be a lonely journey especially at the beginning when the way forward feels unclear and you may have little support.
Wed 27 Nov 2019 at 18:30
Tickets: Eventbrite
by Martha Cuffy and Patrick Vernon
Masterclass in Leadership and Campaigning. Becoming a champion for an issue or cause you feel passionately about can be a lonely journey especially at the beginning when the way forward feels unclear and you may have little support.
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,
Award for Patrick Vernon community activist
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Community activist and Windrush campaigner Patrick Vernon has been honoured by the University of Wolverhampton.
Patrick has a 25-year track record working in health and care, and led the campaign for Windrush Day and amnesty for the Windrush Generation.
He received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University at a graduation ceremony on Thursday, 20 September 2018.
Windrush Commemorative magazine 2018
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- Category: Legacy of Windrush Generation
We provide personal narratives, insight, comments and reflections highlighting the Windrush Generation who came to Britain to those born in the Millennium and the diversity of migration over the last 70 years from the Commonwealth and Europe.
Every Generation Game: Windrush Edition
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