The Lewisham Library and Information Service hosted the official launch in on Wednesday 4th October on Deptford Lounge (9 Giffin St, Deptford SE8 4RJ) Lewisham from 3.30pm.
The launch marks the start of a packed programme of events, talks, exhibitions, and films happening across the borough during October. The library-based events will start with a talk and a film screening at the Lounge on the day of the launch from 5pm. A full programme is available online at: www.lewisham.gov.uk/news/Pages/Black-History-Month,-October-2017.aspx.
The launch started with a beautiful acapella performance by Gospel Spirit. They sang numerous spirituals including 'Aint No Mountain High Enough' , Let it Shine and a soulful rendition of Bob Marley's One Love.
Cllr Chris Best, The Cabinet member for health Wellbeing and Older people, opened with a passionate speech about the value of community in times of austerity
Junior Douglas presented Black heroes: 30 years
Junior Douglas presented Black heroes: 30 years
Junior Douglas presented Black heroes: 30 years of Black History. He talked about Black British Theatre, gave more information about some of our displays in the room and his contact with Rosa Park.
Nzinga Dance Company gave a vibrant and beautiful Caribbean dance performance.
The crowd were loved every minute of it and they invited several people to dance with them.
During the break, the guests enjoyed a lovely spread of Jamaican food. The caterers Cummin Up brought rice and peas, curried goat, stewed chicken, fried plantation, and a vegetable stew. This was washed down with a selection of juices and followed with a mixed fruit salad.
The crowd were loved every minute of it and they invited several people to dance with them.
During the break, the guests enjoyed a lovely spread of Jamaican food. The caterers Cummin Up brought rice and peas, curried goat, stewed chicken, fried plantation, and a vegetable stew. This was washed down with a selection of juices and followed with a mixed fruit salad.
One of the displays created by the Local History Librarian, Robert Jones. The battle of Lewisham which took place in August 1977 is credited with helping to halt the rise of Britain’s far right.
Lewisham recently held its first Wikipedia Editathon to improve the Wikipedia Entry for the Battle of Lewisham in Deptford Lounge. The event was held in conjunction with the “What’s the Story project“, a journalism and mobile filming summer school for young people of Lewisham. The programme was launched to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Lewisham.
Finally, the night concluded with a showing of the movie, Moonlight.
Lewisham recently held its first Wikipedia Editathon to improve the Wikipedia Entry for the Battle of Lewisham in Deptford Lounge. The event was held in conjunction with the “What’s the Story project“, a journalism and mobile filming summer school for young people of Lewisham. The programme was launched to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Lewisham.
Finally, the night concluded with a showing of the movie, Moonlight.
If you would like to find out more information about Black British History and Genealogy, we have a wealth of information available in our branches and in our online Reference Library.
Especially recommended is The Oxford Companion to Black British History Edited by David Dabydeen, John Gilmore, and Cecily Jones from the Oxford Reference Library Online: Premium Collection.
Please have your Lewisham Library card handy to access.
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| Pictured :Junior Douglas, Chris Best, Obajimi Adefiranye |
Links
Genealogy
If you would like further information about tracing your family history, please contact the Local History and Archive Centre at Lewisham Library on local.studies@lewisham.gov.uk or Tel. 02083148501. Further information can be found online.
The following links may also be useful
http://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/centreforlifelonglearning/genealogy/onlinebeginnertointermediatelevelgenealogy8-weekclasses/
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/407415396050071/
https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/collections/missionary-collections/
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15799coll123
http://www.dloc.com/
Black British History
The following links are resources to help you learn more about black British History.
Image of the Black in Western Art
The Image of the Black in Western Art was born as a research project and photo archive in response to segregation in the United States, in the1960s by the influential art patron Dominique de Menil began. Her mission has been re-invigorated through the collaboration of Harvard University Press and the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research to present new editions of the coveted five original books, as well as an additional five volumes.This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Moving Here
Moving Here was a project that explored records and illustrated why people came to England over the last 200 years and what their experiences were and continue to be. It offered free access, for personal and educational use, to an online catalogue of versions of original material related to migration history from local, regional and national archives, libraries and museums.
Black Presence
The Black Presence in Britain website was set up in 1998 due to a lack of information about the contribution of Black people to British history to be found on the Internet.
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