MAHMOOD HASHMI - Critic, essayist, author, editor, playwright and educationalist Entry submitted by Pervaiz Khan Mahmood Hashmi is a long...

Malcolm in Marshall Street (1965)

[Submitted by Paul Quigley] Malcolm X was known around the world as ‘the angriest Black man in America’ and an inspirational speaker on the inju...

"A Striking Modern Fact"

Image:The Birmingham Post, Rev. Cohen Speech (an extract) 1933. Rev Abraham Cohen gave many memorable and powerful speeches on behalf of the Je...

"Brigitte Winsor: Photographs of the St Patrick's Day Parade"

Photographs of the procession through Digbeth, Birmingham, by Brigitte Winsor. The St Patrick's Day Parade in Birmingham started in 1952 and is ...

"Charles Parker and The Radio Ballads"

The Radio Ballads and the Oral History Tradition ‘England, England, and there’s nowhere like it at dawn’. These words come from a working class...

"Church and Community"

A showcase of some of the material contained in the Vanley Burke Archive. Photograph: "Austin Road Pentecostal Church. The two ladies kiss each ...

"George Hallett: Bearing Witness"

Photographs by George Hallett of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, exhibited as 'Bearing Witness', at the Herbert Art Gallery, C...

"Ghazala Saddique: Lok Mela Festival, Birmingham"

Photographs by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000. Lok Mela is the national folk festival of Pakistan, held in the first week of October. It is a cu...

"Handsworth Self Portrait"

A selection of photographs from the 'Handsworth Self Portrait' project. Handsworth-based photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John R...

"My Journey to and Life in Britain"

MY JOURNEY TO AND LIFE IN BRITAIN My name is Sarwan Singh. I came to this country in 1960. I have lived all my life in Handsworth and worked in ...

"Nick Hedges: Religion in the West Midlands"

An exhibition of photographs by Nick Hedges produced for 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.

"Pogus Caesar: Muzik Kinda Sweet"

Photographs of black musicans, from the exhibition "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Birmingham film-maker, photographer and artist Pogus Caesar. For the ...