Why I’m not racist is only half the story video 6.33 mins
Robin Di’ Angelo on White liberals protecting racisim video discussion 1 hour 3 mins
Debunking the most common myths white people tell about race video 3.47 mins
Deconstructing white privilege video 20 mins
White fragility book talk video 1 hour 23 mins
Expanding the table for racial equality video 1 hour 10 mins
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Quakers were totally immersed in the slave trade not just as abolitionists. They were ship owners, captains, merchants and investors in ports in London and Bristol.
Edwina pert Quakers Diversity and Inclusion Officer
If you are tired about hearing about racisim, imagine how tired people are of experiencing itthe outgoing epistle of 2020 pre gathering of friends of colour and their familiesread
Jesus’s identity and colour has taken on a renewed significance in this year of protest 27 mins audio
In August 2019 Charity so White sparked a conversation about racism in the charity sector read
Dave performing Black Live video 4.41 mins
Small Axe – Education TV BBC Iplayer 63 mins
Small Axe – Alex Wheatle TV BBC IPlayer 1hr 4mins
Small Axe – Red White and Blue TV BBC IPlayer 79 mins
Small Axe – Lovers Rock TV BBC IPlayer 69 mins
Small Axe – Mangrove TV BBC Iplayer 127 mins
Small Axe is a British Anthology film series by Steve McQueen. Consists of five dramatised films which tell distinct stories about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from 1960-1980.
“If you are a big tree, we are a small axe.” Bob Marley
Notting Hill Riots 1958 Witness History audio 9 mins
Race riots in Liverpool 1981 Witness History audio 9 mins
Brixton Riots April 1991 witness history audio 9 mins
Bradford riots July 2001 witness history audio 9 mins
The battle of Lewisham August 1977 World Service Witness History audio 9 mins
In 1978 the racist murder of a young Bangladeshi textile worker in east London galvanised an immigrant community. Witness history audio 9 mins
Black and British a Forgotten History
First encounters David Olusoga Historian explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa. TVBBC Iplayer 48 mins
Freedom David explores the business of slavery and remembers the black sailors who fought for Britain at Trafalgar, a Georgian boxing superstar and the men and women who crossed continents in pursuit of freedom. TV BBC Iplayer 59 mins
Moral mission David explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery. He finds out how Queen Victoria came to have a black god-daughter, why the mill workers of Rochdale stood in solidarity with enslaved Africans in the American South, and remembers the victims of a tragedy in Jamaica. TV BBC IPlayer 59 mins
The Homecoming David concludes his series with the three African kings who stood up to empire, an irresistible crooner, race riots in Liverpool and the shaping of black British identity in the 20th century. TV Iplayer 59 mins
ALT History Black British the history we are not taught in schools TV IPlayer 8 mins
ALT History A British lynching The tragic story of a British lynching that took place during the 1919 race riots. TV IPlayer 5.48 mins
ALT History Whitewashing Looks at how many black subjects who fought in World War One had their stories white-washed out of the history books. TV BBC Iplayer 6.22mins
ALT History A forgotten regiment Historian Olivette Otele explores the untold story of a black regiment in World War One. TV BBC Iplayer 7 mins
Britain’s forgotten slave owners Profit and Loss What has been largely forgotten is that abolition came at a price. The government of the day took the extraordinary step of compensating the slave owners for loss of their ‘property’, as Britain’s slave owners were paid £17bn in today’s money, whilst the slaves received nothing. TV BBC Iplayer 56 mins
Britains forgotten slave owners The price of freedom Of the 46,000 names in the 1834 compensation records, 3,000 lived in Britain, yet they owned half of the slaves across the empire and pocketed half of the compensation money. These include members of the clergy and of the House of Lords. The records also show that at the point of abolition, more than 40 per cent of all the slave owners were women. TV BBC Iplayer 60 mins
The unwanted: The secret Windrush Files How black immigrants who made Britain their home came face to face with the government’s ‘hostile environment’. David Olusoga exposes the secret files behind the Windrush scandal. TV BBC Iplayer 58 mins
The voyage of the Empire Windrush Hundreds of pioneering migrants travelled from the Caribbean to the UK on board the SS Empire Windrush in 1948. Witness history Audio 9 mins
Rivers of Blood speech 1968 Enoch Powell’s inflamed racist speech Witness History audio 9 mins
The school that tried to end racism TV Channel 4 episode 1
The school that tried to end racism TV Channel 4 episode 2
The battle of Cable street How ordinary Londoners turned the tide against British fascism in October 1936 witness history audio 9 mins
Jamaica’s Slave rebellion witness history audio 9 mins
My ancestors were both slaves and slave owners Malik Al Nasir was casually watching a TV documentary one day when a face jumped out at him a humble man with a fascinating story BBC World service Outlook audio 24 mins
In 1916 Marcus Garvey arrived in the US and began a movement for black pride. His dream was that black people would live independently of whites in a new empire in Africa.Witness history audio 9 mins
‘I just wanted to be white’ Growing up as a black child in post-war Germany witness history audio 9 mins
Britain’s WW2 ‘Brown Babies’ witness history audio 9 mins
Matilda McCrear The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade Witness History audio 9 mins
Humanity’s earliest ancestor in Chad witness history audio 9 mins
The immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks witness history audio 9 mins
The civil rights act of 1964 witness history audio 9 mins
Soloman Northup twelve years a slave witness history audio 9 mins
John Howard Griffin Black like me 1959 witness history audio 9 mins
The Whitewashing of Zimbabwe’s ancient history When colonial explorers discovered an ancient ruined city in Zimbabwe, they claimed foreigners must have built it.After independence Zimbabwe was able to reclaim its full heritage.Witness history audio 9 mins
Dorothy Mulkey the woman who ended segregation in the American housing market 1967 witness history audio 9 mins
The blue eyes/brown eyes experiment an anti racist exercise. A teacher decided to separate pupils according to eye colour to teach them about racismWitness History audio 9 mins
Indiaand British colonialism
Partition and me episode 1 video 59 mins
Partition and me episode 2 video 59 mins
Partition and me:What happened to the women? video 4.09 mins
Three pounds in my pocket the stories of pioneering Asians who came to Britain from the 1950s onwards World Service The documentary series one three episodesaudio 29 mins
Three pounds in my pocket the stories of pioneering Asians who cam to Britain from the 1950’s onwards World service the documentary series two three episodes audio 28 mins
Three pounds in my pocket the stories of pioneering Asians who came to Britain from the 1950’s onwards World service the documentary series three three episodes audio 28 mins
Three pounds in my pocket the stories of pioneering Asians who came to Britain from the 1950s onwards World service the documentary series four three episodesaudio 28 mins
The Amritsar massacre 1919 British Indian troops fired on an unarmed crowd in Amritsar in the Punjab WS witness history audio 9 mins
Udam Singh avenging the Amritsar massacre WS witness history audio 9mins
The silk letters movement In 1916 the authorities in India uncovered plans to overthrow British rule witness history audio 9 mins
The 1943 Bengal Famine during British rule witness history audio 9 mins
The division of Kashmir 1947 witness history audio 9 mins
India partition 1946 episode one Witness history audio 10 mins
India partition 1946 episode two Witness history audio 10 mins
The quit India movement witness history audio 9 mins
The Frontier Ghandi 1930 witness history audio 9 mins
Partition the last days of British rule 1947 witness history audio 9 mins
Gandhi’s salt march 1930’s witness history audio 9 mins
War in East Pakistan witness history audio 9 mins
Bangladesh wins independence 1971 witness history audio 9 mins
Ghandi ji arrives in the UK 1931 video 3.28
Ghandi ji with the workng class people of Manchester and London 1931 video 48 sec
Ghandi ji London home in the East End 1931 video 2.19 mins
Dr Shashi Tharoor reparations speech at the Oxford Union 2015, filters through the idea of the benign colonialist video 15.28 mins
A taster of Dr Shashi Tharoor book Inglorious Empire audio 9.27 mins
From the courts to the jobs market, AI is influencing decisions that have a big impact on people’s lives. Researchers now believe that not all people are treated equally by some algorithms. They’ve found potential bias – influenced by race, class and gender – can have an impact on the decisions that computers make. Some programmers, computer scientists and entrepreneurs hope to fight this bias, using the technology that created it in the first place. World service people fixing the world Getting rid of AI bias audio 23 mins
Hugh Muir BBC R4 has spent much of his journalistic career chronicling the working lives of Britain’s black and minority ethnic police officers. In this programme, he investigates claims that racism is on the rise within policing in the UK. Black and Blue audio 28 mins
A growing number of police departments in the US are introducing a new concept in their training – teaching officers on the beat how to step in when they see a colleague doing something they don’t think is right. Training the police to patrol each other audio 26 mins