Black History Walks Newsletter 3.2.22
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Walks, Talks & Films on African history all year long
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Above: Marcus Garvey was well travelled. While touring Europe in 1913, and after witnessing the poor treatment of black workers in all the countries he worked and visited, he got the idea to form an international organization to fight for the rights of African people worldwide. Influenced greatly by Booker T. Washington, he formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) and launched it on Emancipation Day August 1, 1914 in Jamaica.
Garvey took his message to the USA during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, arriving at a time when there was a vacuum in Black leadership. He soared to prominence for his message of Black pride. Through the UNIA-ACL, Garvey importantly stressed the goal of self-reliance, and encouraged nationhood or political self-determination. He was determined to upset the status quo. As one writer puts it; “Marcus Garvey awaked a race consciousness that made Harlem felt around the world.”
Garvey launched several business ventures, including The Negro Factories Corporations, Black Cross Nurses, and most notably a steamship venture known as the Black Star Line. At his height he had up to 6 million followers. Find out more this Saturday 5th February at BFI Southbank
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Above: Short video on Henry Sylvester Williams who preceded Marcus Garvey with his Pan African ideas and actions.
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Above and below: Jamaican, Roy T Anderson, director of African Redemption the Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey was previously a stunt man for Will Smith, Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx. His directed documentaries Akwantu and Queen Nanny of the Maroons. His new Garvey film features; Dr Julius Garvey (son of Marcus Garvey) Samia Nkrumah (daughter of Kwame Nkrumah) Lou Gossett Junior, Danny Glover and Professor Greg Carr.
Q&A with the director will be hosted by the legendary Professor Gus John and community activists.
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Buy cinema tickets for UK Premiere: African Redemption:...
The charismatic Caribbean hero and Pan Africanist Marcus Mosiah Garvey is regarded globally as one of the world's foremost 20th-century civil-rights leaders. Filmed in Jamaica, Ghana, Canada, USA, UK and Central America, this film about his life...
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Above: Fantastic film on Marcus Garvey. Saturday 5th February 2pm. Plus Q&A
The African Odysseys programme at BFI Southbank has been screening amazing films from the African Diaspora once a month plus Q&A since 2007. The films are curated by a collective of grass roots activists including Black History Walks. The hundreds of dramas, documentaries and talks have informed and educated tens of thousands of people over the last 15 years. It is the only such programme in the country.
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Black History Bus Tour (13th March )
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Black History Bus Tour (13th March ) - Sunday, 13 March 2022 at Brixton, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
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Black Ballet in the West End, a brief history
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Black Ballet in the West End, a brief history - Wednesday, 9 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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White supremacy in your toilet
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents White supremacy in your toilet - Sunday, 27 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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20 Banned Black Films you need to see. 15 years of...
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents 20 Banned Black Films you need to see. 15 years of African Odysseys - Sunday, 13 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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Population control via your TV. Nzingha lecture 101
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Population control via your TV. Nzingha lecture 101 - Friday, 18 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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The Gentrification of Peckham and Black urban removal...
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents The Gentrification of Peckham and Black urban removal worldwide - Sunday, 20 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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Daughters of the Mangrove Nine: 'That passion in our...
ifty years ago next month - on 16 December 1971 - long before Black Lives Matter, taking the knee and the Windrush scandal, a group of black activists made headlines after a ruling at the Old Bailey, the court that hears only the most serious of...
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www.theguardian.com
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Stan (Marvel) Lee's Black History
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Stan (Marvel) Lee's Black History - Friday, 11 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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Vodou Film Screening - Q&A 'Preserving Our Legacies'
Eventbrite - Ancestral Voices Films presents Vodou Film Screening - Q&A 'Preserving Our Legacies' - Wednesday, 9 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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Look out for these events coming soon
- How to rip off Black historians: a tale of copying and greed in London
- Stamps, Statues and Star Trek
- Edric Connor, Caribbean legend at the BFI
- Harlem in Mayfair
- Call of Duty, the Black History Breakdown
- How Black people won World War Two
- Black History Bus River Cruise March 19th
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