Black in Time: A daily exploration into Black British History

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The blog post: http://renieddolodge.co.uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race/ Thanks for listening to the pod! If it's helped you to learn something new or you just love it, please support the show by buying me a coffee. Follow us on Instagram @blackintimepod

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Further reading: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/10/vernon-vanriel-windrush-boxer-who-lost-everything-then-battled-his-way-back Thanks for listening to the pod! If it's helped you to learn something new or you just love it, please support the show by buying me a coffee. Follow us on Instagram @blackintimepod

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Topics Covered: February 1st 1959 - Britain's first onscreen interracial kiss https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-hot-summer-night-1959-online http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1134115/ February 2nd 2018 - Announcement that The Big Narstie Show was commissioned by Channel 4 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-big-narstie-show https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/jan/19/big-narstie-im-the-epitome-of-making-it-from-the-ground-up February 3rd 1965 - Birth of Dave Benson Phillips https://www.vice.com/en/article/ez8knj/the-vice-interview-dave-benson-phillips-get-your-own-back https://www.bigissue.com/culture/tv/dave-benson-phillips/ February 4th 2011 - Formal registration of Memorial 2007 as a charity https://www.gofundme.com/f/enslave-african-memorial-london-hyde-park https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/23/memorial-2007-enslaved-africans-black-history-britain February 5th 1940 - Ita Ekpenyon enrols as an Air Raid Precautions warden http://westendatwar.org.uk/documents/E._Ita_Ekpenyon_download_version_.pdf http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8972000/8972701.stm February 6th 2020 - Press night for Death of England https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jan/15/clint-dyer-interview-writer-actor-director-death-of-england-football-racially-abused-bananas https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/death-of-england February 7th 2008 - Official opening of the Stephen Lawrence Centre http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7230503.stm Please support the podcast: https://patreon.com/blackintime - I'd like to hire an editor to make the listening experience more enjoyable for all!

Topics Covered: January 25th 1981: New Cross Fire Meeting https://woodsmokeblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/1981-bufp-new-cross-massacre.pdf https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/darcus-howe-a-political-biography/ch14-thirteen-dead-and-nothing-said.pdf?dl January 26th 2020: Jo Martin becomes the first Black doctor https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/28/doctor-who-jo-martin-becomes-first-bame-actor-to-play-the-doctor January 27th 2018: Reimagining Black Britain Conference https://issuu.com/reimaginingblkbritainconf/docs/_re-imagining_black_britain__-_conf January 28th 2017: End of The Missing Chapter: Black Chronicles http://themissingchapter.co.uk/exhibition-in-a-box/ https://vimeo.com/206429005 January 29th 1900: Death of William Craft - a formerly enslaved man who settled in the UK https://www.history.com/news/slavery-escape-william-ellen-craft https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/articles/news/2021/10/hammersmith-blue-plaque-celebrates-abolitionists-and-former-slaves January 30th 1959: London's first televised Caribbean Carnival https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/world/europe/notting-hill-carnival-claudia-jones.html https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/08/birth-of-notting-hill-carnival January 31st 2011: Rastamouse airs for the first time https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/rastamouse-mania-meet-the-man-behind-the-reggaeloving-rodent-6570619.html Support the pod: https://patreon.com/blackintime

Topics Covered: January 18th 1981: New Cross Fire https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/15/how-the-new-cross-fire-became-a-rallying-cry-for-political-action January 19th 1965: Pearl Prescod plays Tituba at the National Theatre https://blackbritishreader.tumblr.com/post/621886762995908608/pearl-prescod-1920-25-june-1966-pearl January 20th 1919: Birth of Roy Francis https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/54695638 January 21st 1950: Birth of Billy Ocean https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/05/billy-ocean-family-values January 22nd 1982: Dread Broadcasting Corp features on the Oxford Roadshow https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/archive/dread-broadcasting-corporation/z6cn2sg January 23rd 1919: The 1919 Glasgow Race Riots https://www.thenational.scot/news/17376881.glasgow-1919---race-riot-scotland-rather-forget/ January 24th 2016: End of the No Colour Bar Exhibition https://www.nocolourbar.org/exhibition Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod Disclaimer: I do not own any of the archival audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use. Special thanks to Yaw Nimoh for his help with research for this episode.

Topics Covered: January 11th 2016: Death of Sarah Reed https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/17/sarah-reeds-mother-deaths-in-custody-holloway-prison-mental-health January 12th 1859: Sarah Parker Remond arrives in Liverpool https://london.ac.uk/news-and-opinion/leading-women/a-voice-freedom-life-sarah-parker-remond January 13th 1975: Bunny Johnson is crowed British Heavyweight Champion https://www.britishvintageboxing.com/post/bunny-johnson-the-long-slow-path-to-boxing-history January 14th 2018: Death of Cyrille Regis https://www.caribbeanintelligence.com/content/kick-black-footballers-cyrille-regis January 15th 2001: Publication of Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/mar/malorie-blackman-why-she-wrote-noughts-crosses.html January 16th 1959: Birth of Sade https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/sade January 17th 1978: Bookshop Join Action picket the Home Office https://www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org/the-pioneering-years/new-beacon-books-early-history/towards-radical-black-publishing-space/bookshop Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod Disclaimer: I do not own any of the archival audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use. Special thanks to Yaw Nimoh for his help with research for this episode.

Topics covered: January 4th 2011: Death of Ken Martindale, founder of Black British Heritage https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/09/ken-martindale-obituary January 5th 1989: Desmond's debuts on Channel 4 https://britsandpcs.com/desmonds-successfully-depicting-black-british-lives-from-the-early-1990s/ January 6th 1993: The Chrystal Rose Show (first UK talk show hosted by a woman) debuts on Carlton TV https://madnewsuk.com/2019/01/20/black-britain-the-chrystal-rose-show-1993-1997/ January 7th 2004: Black Ambition - a show following 8 undergraduates at the University of Cambridge - debuts on BBC Two. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/3324427/People-say-You-went-to-Cambridge.html January 8th 1970: Death of George Arthur Roberts - one of Britain's first Black firefighters https://www.georgearthurroberts.com/ January 9th 1988: Rok Da House, a single featuring Cookie Crew (one of the UK's most successful rap duos), peaks at #5 in the UK charts http://musicrareobscure.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-crew.html January 10th 1965: CARD - Campaign Against Racial Discrimination launches https://www.runnymedetrust.org/histories/race-equality/55/campaign-against-racial-discrimination-card.html

Topics covered: December 28th 1940: Evelyn Dove appears in the performance listings of the Midland Daily Newspaper https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000337/19401228/016/0002 December 29th 2018: End of rapper Derek B's exhibition at Redbridge Museum https://www.blackouthiphop.com/derek-b-the-woodford-rapper-exhibition/ December 30th 2012: A Nubian Jak blue plaque, dedicated to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is unveiled in Croydon https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/samuel-coleridge-taylor-musical-legend-black-cultural-archives/3AKiGhRCgoqtLQ?hl=en December 31st 2010: The World Festival of Black Arts comes to an end https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/jan/03/world-festival-of-black-arts-kwei-armah January 1st 1949: The 1948 British Nationality Act comes into force https://www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/british-citizenship-and-the-windrush-generation January 2nd 1988: Mark Walters makes his debut for Rangers https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42371953 January 3rd 1971: A house party in Ladywell is petrol bombed Correction: the address of the party was 47 Sunderland Road, not 47 Sutherland Road. https://woodsmokeblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/1971-black-voice.pdf *** Follow us on Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod Disclaimer: I do not own any of the audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use.

Topics Covered: December 21st 1923: Birth of Connie Mark, community activist and founding president of the Mary Seacole Memorial Association December 22nd 2013: JLS play their final gig December 23rd 1957: Birth of Trisha Goddard December 24th 1964: Death of Claudia Jones December 25th 1979: Boney M and Janet Kay appear on Top of The Pops Christmas Special December 26th 1916: Death of George Bemand, first Black officer in the British Army December 27th 1977: The bookshop Bogle L'Ouverture is attacked *** Follow us on Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod Disclaimer: I do not own any of the audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use.

Topics Covered: December 14th 1780 - Death of Ignatius Sancho https://www.bl.uk/people/ignatius-sancho# https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/sancho1/sancho1.html https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/record-of-ignatius-sanchos-vote-in-the-general-election-october-1774 December 15th 1787 - Sons of Africa write to Granville Sharp https://pasttenseblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/today-in-london-black-history-1787-anti-slave-abolitionists-the-sons-of-africa-write-to-granville-sharp + Book: Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq By Prince Hoare December 16th 1971 - End of the trial of the Mangrove 9 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/nov/10/landmarks-in-law-when-the-mangrove-nine-beat-the-british-state https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/jGD9WJrVXf/the-mangrove-nine-black-lives-matter December 17th 1814 - Royal Cornwall Gazette writes of Joseph Emidy https://www.jstor.org/stable/964272?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents [Music taken from] https://emidyproject.wordpress.com/ https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/10/05/history-of-black-british-musicians/ December 18th 1994 - Death of Lord Pitt https://jennettearnold.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Echoes-A5-red.pdf https://thecritic.co.uk/fifty-years-on-the-battle-to-elect-britains-first-black-mp/ December 19th 1966 - First meeting of the Caribbean Artists Movement https://www.bl.uk/windrush/articles/caribbean-artists-movement-1966-1972 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40653055.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A336c17c374625eb77beb8df58a9df49b December 20th 2018 - End of exhibition on Black British Cyclist Champions https://road.cc/content/news/252880-made-britain-exhibition-look-life-histories-black-british-champions-cycling https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/2019/06-27-sir-bradley-wiggins-visits-brighton-academics-cycling-exhibition.aspx Disclaimer: I do not own any of the audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use Follow us on Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod

Topics Covered: December 7th 2019 - Anthony Joshua regains his unified heavyweight titles https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50701313#:~:text=Anthony%20Joshua%20became%20a%20two,tense%20rematch%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia December 8th 1965 - The 1965 Race Relations Act comes into force https://irr.org.uk/article/the-race-relations-act-1965-blessing-or-curse/ December 9th 1999 - Liverpool City Council apologises for its role in the slave trade https://bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2007/02/15/abolition_liverpool_apology_feature.shtml December 10th 1949 - QPR's first Black player makes his debut for the club https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/features/tommy-best-in-profile/ December 11th 1975 - The final series of Love Thy Neighbour begins airing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Thy_Neighbour_(1972_TV_series) December 12th 1982 - Daley Thompson is crowned Sports Personality of The Year https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/sports-personality/24652938 December 13th 2008 - Alexandra Burke duets with Beyoncé(!) and wins the X Factor https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/dec/14/x-factor-alexandra-burke Disclaimer: I do not own any of the audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use Follow us on Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod

Topics Covered: 30/11/2016: Ackee & Saltish is broadcast on BBC Three https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/magazine/cecile-emeke-isnt-worried-about-hollywood.html https://www.aqnb.com/2017/05/02/exploring-the-multiplicity-of-the-black-experience-in-europe-with-cecile-emekes-strolling/ 01/12/2018: Nine Night makes its West End debut https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/nine-night-review-natasha-gordon-makes-west-end-history-with-punchy-poignant-family-drama-a4011036.html https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/nine-night-at-trafalgar-studios 02/12/2018: Paul ‘Trouble' Anderson dies aged 59 https://mi-soul.com/paul-trouble-anderson-tribute-the-pioneering-dj-has-passed-away/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/13/paul-trouble-anderson-obituary 03/12/1964: Malcolm X speaks at the Oxford Union https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23425460.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A56d7096238ffc8e04b75e1085016af63 https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/malcolm-x-black-power-amid-dreaming-spires/ 04/12/2013: Emmanuel McDonald Bailey dies aged 92 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uwVVl4jCOg https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430437.2015.1133594?scroll=top&needAccess=true 05/12/2017: Lubaina Himid wins the Turner Prize https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/lubaina-himid-turner-prize https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jun/02/lubaina-himid-black-woman-turner-prize-race-bittersweet 06/12/1964: Martin Luther King speaks at St. Paul's Cathedral https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/02/martin-luther-king-in-london-1964-reflections-on-a-landmark-visit https://www.stpauls.co.uk/history-collections/history/history-highlights/martin-luther-king Disclaimer: I do not own any of the audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use Follow us on Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod

Black in Time is an original podcast remembering pioneering people and defining moments from Black British History. Each episode, we'll explore events that happened that week in history: from births and deaths pioneering of Black Brits to events of national or international importance. Check out our Instagram page for daily posts about topics covered in each episode: https://www.instagram.com/blackintimepod/