Sonia Boyce to receive honoury doctorate

Birmingham City University bestows highest honour upon influential artist Sonia Boyce

Respected British artist Sonia Boyce OBE, whose work has been a regular fixture at Birmingham art galleries, will receive an Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University. Boyce, who has been practising art for around forty years, is being recognised for her influential contributions to the Black British art movement and her exploration of race, gender, and…

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Recordings chronicling the lives of Birmingham's Windrush generation now available online for the first time

Hidden histories of Birmingham’s Windrush Generation made available to public for first time

Historic audio recordings touching upon the trials and tribulations of people who arrived in Birmingham as part of the Windrush Generation are being made available to the public for the first time ever by Birmingham Museums. The oral histories, available online, feature the life stories of people who came to the UK from the Caribbean…

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This Is My City festival Birmingham 2021

Birmingham festival celebrating local diversity gets celebrity backing ahead of June launch

An annual festival celebrating diverse communities across Birmingham is set to take place this month and will be delivered both digitally and at a physical venue. Being held on select days between 12-26 June, ‘This is My City’ will bring together Birmingham residents to celebrate the rich cultures of the UK’s second city, with a strong focus on…

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West Midlands Police chiefs have announced a commitment to fight racism following criticism from community leaders

West Midlands Police vow to fight racism amid growing public criticism from campaigners

West Midlands Police chiefs have jointly committed themselves to fighting racism and discrimination in the regional force amid growing criticism of their handling of a recent racism scandal. The Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable condemned racism and highlighted the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement, but fell short of responding to recent criticism of their…

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Nathan McGill has been capturing women celebrating their natural afro hair

International Women’s Day: The empowered women celebrating Afro-centric beauty

As part of our series on International Women’s Day, we’re exploring how women identify and balance their personal identities. Photographer Nathan McGill – currently based in Birmingham – has been documenting what it means to be a Black woman embodying natural Afro hair; celebrating the beauty of African and Caribbean women through visual representation, in this case, photography.

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A new BBC Four documentary presented by Sue Brown (pictured) will be exploring The First Black Brummies

New BBC history show to explore the ‘First Black Brummies’

A new television programme exploring the history of Birmingham’s first Black residents will be screened in the city next month, ahead of being broadcast nationally in December. Titled ‘The First Black Brummies’, the show looks at the evolution of the city’s Black population over the past 50 to 60 years; placing a spotlight on the lives of those…

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Paulinah Eboh-Sampson, co-founder of the Donation UK Project, joined by a model showcasing womenswear label Dolls of Decadence

Birmingham sisters launch fashion campaign to highlight blood donor shortages

Birmingham sisters Janet and Paulinah Eboh-Sampson used their creative platforms to set up the DoNation UK Project, a charitable initiative that would address the issue of donor shortages within the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Community (BAME). Inspired by the experience of their childhood friend Charlene Nelson, who underwent a kidney transplant at the age…

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