"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 ...

Birmingham and the Grunwick Dispute 1976-1978

SETTING THE SCENE ‘Grunwick’ was an industrial dispute centred on Cricklewood, north London but which had national significance. Political and ...

Birmingham's 'Female Society for the Relief of the Negro Slave’ .

The reports, minute books, cash books and illustrated albums of Birmingham’s ‘Female Society for the Relief of the Negro Slave’ show just how organ...

Birmingham's First Turbanned Guard

In both the workplace and the school, the denial of the right of Sikh men and boys to wear one of the fundamental symbols of their faith and identi...

Black Abolitionists in Birmingham

The following pages give an introduction to some of the black abolitionists who came into contact with Birmingham. They not only campaigned against...

Black People Against State Brutality

Flyers were an important medium for publicising Indian Workers Association campaigns. Many were quite unsophisticated in appearance due to the limi...

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington, a controversial African-American figure, was perhaps one of the last great abolitionists to visit Birmingham who had lived th...

Faces and Places: Henry Gunter

Henry Gunter (1920-2007) Submitted by: Fiona Tate Henry Gunter (1920-2007), was born in Portland, Jamaica. He studied accountancy at Commerci...

First Report of the Ladies Society For The Relief of British Negro Slaves.

The 'First Report' of the Ladies Society For The Relief of British Negro Slaves(1825)bore on its front cover the female figure of a slave seeking j...

Healthy Gay Life

A number of groups and organisations provide health information aimed at different communities. Here we see a publication by the organisation Healt...

Ida B. Wells in Birmingham

Submitted by Paul Walker of Highgate Baptist Church Ida B Wells (1861-1930), well-known in the USA, where a great deal has been written about...

John Phillips, philanthropist (born 1836)

Between 1851 and 1871, the number of Jewish families living in Edgbaston had increased from two to a hundred - an indication of the growing prosper...