Junior Waite
Junior Waite, drummer, Musical Youth. Photographed in Handsworth, Birmingham, about 1986. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Katherine Dunham
Born in Illinois in 1909, Katherine Dunham was a pioneer in the field of black dance in the United States and across the globe.
This poster refers to her tour of Europe during which she visited Birmingham ...
Keith Kerr
Keith Kerr, General Manager, Customer Services Development, British Airways: "Lots of people try and lots fail - black, white, yellow, green or whatever. But unless you start with a belief that you can ...
Kimberley Diamond Mines
Kimberley Diamond Mines, South Africa, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone, June 1894.
Kimberley Diamond Mines
Kimberley Diamond Mines, South Africa, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone, June 1894.
Kwasi A. Boateng
Kwasi A. Boateng, Architect and Development Consultant: "Sometimes, just to turn difficulties into a black issue is an ignorant approach, because it often goes beyond that. You find that if you are to ...
Labour in Portuguese West Africa by W.A. Cadbury
William Cadbury’s 1909 publication Labour in Portuguese West Africa documented William Cadbury and Joseph Burtt’s visit to Angola and San Thomé in 1908, to investigate the employment conditions of labourers ...
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Jenni Francis
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Jenni Francis, photographed in Highbury, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Les Ballets Nègres
'Les Ballets Nègres'- the first black dance company in Europe- was formed in London in 1946. It was founded by Jamaicans Richey Riley and Berto Pasuka who both came to Britain to pursue careers in dance. ...
Letter from East Africa
Letter from Maria Albright, Pemba, 18th November 1910.
Maria Albright visited the Society of Friends’ Mission Station at Chake-Chake in East Africa in 1910-11 and sent letters home to Birmingham ...
Letter to the Guild of Undergraduates, University of Birmingham
This letter was written to the Guild President, Humphrey Humphreys, by solicitors acting for the American skating rink who had refused entry to a student from West Africa. The letter expresses regret ...
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie, photographed in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 2004. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Lola Young
Lola Young, Professor of Cultural Studies, Middlesex University; Project Director, National Museum and Archives of Black History and Culture: "My first job was with The Gas Board! But that was because ...
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 injustices of America’s treatment of Black people. On a ...
Max Romeo
Max Romeo photographed in London, 2002. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest photographed at Reggae Sunsplash, Clapham Common, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Maxi Priest and Sly Dunbar
Maxi Priest and Sly Dunbar, photographed at Reggae Sunsplash, Clapham Common, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
MC Hammer
MC Hammer photographed at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 1990. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.