Harriet Beecher Stowe In Birmingham (Part 2)

(cont..)Newspaper account of Harriet Beecher Stowe's visit to Birmingham and its local antislavery societies.

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...

"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...

"Erdington (Aston Union) Cottage Homes / The Gardens, Fentham Road, Erdington"

ASTON UNION COTTAGE HOMES 1900 - 1912 The idea behind the cottage homes was to take children out of the workhouse – the main provision for dest...

"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...

"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 ...

"Proud History"

The histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Birmingham and the West Midlands remain largely hidden from view although recen...

"Questions of Travel": The Lives of Benjamin Stone and Helen Caddick

All text by Dr Andy Green “From the time I was a very young man, I have been a great traveller ” (Stone, ‘Mainly about People’, 1908). On...

"Shenley Fields (Kings Norton) Cottage Homes"

KINGS NORTON UNION COTTAGE HOMES Birmingham had three sets of cottage homes for children built in the Victorian era - the Birmingham Union built...

"Sisters of the Long March"

The Black woman in Black His[Her]story has been a prominent point of focus, from the female monarchs of African Kingdom’s, such as Queen Amina ...

"Stone Photographic Collection"

This exhibition features just a few samples from the extensive photographic collection of Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914). The collection includ...