Blackheart Man: A Journey into Rasta
Poster for an exhibition of photographs by Derek Bishton, on the history, culture, music and lifestyle of Rastafarians in Africa, Jamaica and Birmingham. The poster is illustrated with a photograph of ...
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 through the devastation of the American Civil War. In its ...
Boot Women
Birmingham has a long history of groups that have developed to address health and well-being issues for the LGBT community. The Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, a first port of call for many, has just celebrated ...
Boy with flag, Handsworth Park
This photograph of a boy with a flag taken in Handsworth Park comes from the Vanley Burke Archive. It was part Vanley's first exhibition 'Handsworth from the Inside' which was originally exhibited at ...
Bridgetown
Photograph of the principal street in Bridgetown, Barbados, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
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 now the World's largest after New York and Dublin.
On ...
Bruce Gill
Bruce Gill, Assistant Director of Personnel and Equalities, Birmingham Education Department: "Don't underestimate what you can do. It is still difficult defining who you are, and what it means to be black ...
Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer: "Success is being able to do more or less what you want to do, and being able to call the tune...Its learning by your mistakes, and always thinking positive".
Photograph ...
Burial entry of a "Black woman" in 1808
A record of burials at St Mary, Whittall Street, found in the registers of St Philip's, includes the burial of 'Joanna D. Cruz, spinster, a Black woman' on 19 October 1808.
Cameo: American Vocal Group
Cameo were photographed at the Odeon, New Street, Birmingham, 1986. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Ceylon
'Kandyan Chiefs with British Counsellor'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
'Kandyan ladies (and Chiefs) '. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone
Ceylon
'Group of Kandyan High Priests of the Dalada Malegawa, or Temple of the Sacred Tooth of Buddha.' Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone
Ceylon
'Buddhist Priests and Altar', Ceylon [Sri Lanka], from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Originally captioned 'Buddhist Priests. The robes worn are yellow'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka], from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Originally captioned "The "Perahera" an annual Buddhist Festival, Ceylon." From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Chandrakant Bhatt
Chandrakant Bhatt, Priest (Tyseley). Prayer during the Hindu festival of Navratri, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 7 October 2000.
Children at a Market in Algeria
This photograph shows an 'Arab Market at Maison Carree, Algeria'.