Tag: Black History Month

As I Am Naturally by Tania Camara Performing at the Lowry - Credit Francesca Cambi

Black Excellence flowing through Salford from Entertainment to Art celebrating Black History Month 2024

The annual celebration of Black History Month is here in Salford with events lined up throughout the month.  Events include […]

Exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery. Credit: Faith Tudor.

“Even really senior gatekeepers can feel that it’s not easy being a person of colour” – Salford portrait exhibition weighs on continuous workplace discrimination

A Black History Month exhibition in Salford Museum and Art Gallery has helped to showcase continuous workplace discrimination minorities in […]

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“It’s important to offer a diverse range of stock” – Salford libraries introduce displays to celebrate Black History Month

Libraries across Salford are celebrating Black History Month with displays highlighting key people in history and current influential figures.

bust of Mary Seacole. Image credit: Jerry Dohnal via Flickr. No changes made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

“Her resilience and courage reflected the ambitions of the school” – How the legacy of nursing heroine, Mary Seacole, is commemorated in Salford

Bust of Mary Seacole. Image credit: Jerry Dohnal via Flickr. No changes made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Mary Seacole was a Crimean war […]

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“That fight for equality is everyone’s fight” – Black to the Future poetry event celebrates Black History Month

Salford-based poet ‘J’ Ahmed hosted a three-part series of virtual events in October titled ‘Black to the Future’ to mark Black History Month.