"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 Jewish community. His arguments were remarkable not just ...
"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 railway driver called Jack Pickford, who was interviewed ...
"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 other as a sign of peace after they had washed each other's ...
"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, Coventry, in 2004.
The Promotion of National Unity ...
"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 cultural celebration that usually involves folk music, ...
"Handsworth Self Portrait"
A selection of photographs from the 'Handsworth Self Portrait' project.
Handsworth-based photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon organised the self-portrait project in autumn ...
"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. I am a member and office bearer of Indian ...
"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 past 20 years Pogus Caesar has been a television producer ...
"Proud History"
The histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Birmingham and the West Midlands remain largely hidden from view although recent research in the archives has begun to recover episodes ...
"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 a wall of the Local Studies Department of Birmingham ...
"Robert Taylor: Portraits of Black Achievement"
Photographs by Robert Taylor produced for the book 'Portraits of Black Achievement: composing successful careers' by Jacqui MacDonald.
"Sangeeta Redgrave: Diwali Celebrations"
A collection of photographs taken by Sangeeta Redgrave (nee Chauli) during the Hindu festival of Diwali.
This photograph is of Lakshmi Puja, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham, ...
"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 of Zaria, to the role of the matriarch in black families ...
"Stone Photographic Collection"
This exhibition features just a few samples from the extensive photographic collection of Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914).
The collection includes 22,000 mounted prints, 17,000 glass negatives, 600 ...
"Terry Lo: From Cathay to Pershore Street"
Photographs by Terry Lo, produced for the exhibition 'From Cathay to Pershore Street', portraying the everday life of the Chinese community in Birmingham.
Terry Lo was born in Hong Kong on May 23rd ...
"Triangle Photography Gallery Posters"
Derek Bishton was director of the Triangle Photography Gallery, part of the Triangle Arts and Media Centre at Gosta Green, Birmingham, between c.1984 and 1987. These are some of the posters advertising ...
[Causeway Green Hostel, Birmingham 1949]
[Submitted by Kevin Searle]
One important reason as to why the black community in London, developed around Brixton, is because many of the arrivants who migrated aboard the Empire Windrush were initially ...