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Clem Seecharan’s Cheddi Jagan and the Cold War, 1946–1992 (Ian Randle Publishers, October 2023). Hosted by Guyana SPEAKS, Professor Seecharan will discuss his book on Saturday, February 3, 2024, from 3:00 to 6:00pm (GST). This in-person event will take place at Draper Hall, Hampton Street, London (SE17 3AN). [Spaces are limited so please register via Eventbrite.]…
LONDON: Trinidad-born Claudia Jones, who migrated at age eight with her siblings to the US, from where she was deported for supposedly “un-American activities” to the UK in 1955, had a Nubian Jak Community Trust blue plaque unveiled last month on...
The Imperial War Museum, London A University of Exeter expert has helped to develop the Imperial War Museums’ ground-breaking new Second World War
Black History Month launched in the UK with the 'Proud to Be' campaign. Find all of the best events for Black History Months around London here.
BILLY STRACHAN was born 100 years ago today, on April 16 1921 in Jamaica, then a British colony. Aged just 18, he paid his own way to Britain in 1940 to join the Royal Air Force to take part in the war effort against Nazi Germany. He rose through the ranks to become flight lieutenant, a remarkable achievement for a black person at that time. Billy Strachan and his wife Joyce He married Joyce Smith and by 1946, the young couple and their three sons migrated to Jamaica to start a new life. The colonial racism he encountered prevented Strachan gaining promotion in his old job in the Civ...