Today is the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth

Follow this thread to find out more about the history of contemporary black Britain and how people are honouring the month ⬇️
Royal Mail has unveiled four special postboxes to mark the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth

Find out who has been featured ⬇️ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/black-history-month-post-boxes-royal-mail-b711783.html
Royal Mail unveils special postboxes to mark Black History Month

Sir Lenny Henry among those featured on the postboxes

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/black-history-month-post-boxes-royal-mail-b711783.html
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12 anti-racist activists to follow on social media ⬇️ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/black-history-month-black-lives-matter-anti-racism-instagram-social-media-a9554186.html
Black History Month: 12 anti-racist activists to follow on social media

Educating yourself is the first step to becoming an ally and committing to active anti-racism

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/black-history-month-black-lives-matter-anti-racism-instagram-social-media-a9554186.html
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The words of 23 black activists from Martin Luther King to Maya Angelou ⬇️ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/anti-racism-racial-injustice-quotes-black-lives-matter-activists-a9544801.html
The words of 23 black activists on racial injustice and oppression

'We have no intention of stopping this fight', says Angela Davis

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/anti-racism-racial-injustice-quotes-black-lives-matter-activists-a9544801.html
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Google Doodle commemorates life of British abolitionist, Ignatius Sancho

Find out more about Sancho here ⬇️ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ignatius-sancho-google-doodle-black-history-month-uk-slavery-letters-death-b736390.html
Google Doodle honours author and abolitionist Ignatius Sancho

Black History Month takes place in October in the UK

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ignatius-sancho-google-doodle-black-history-month-uk-slavery-letters-death-b736390.html
Mo Gilligan to present Channel 4 documentary about black British comedians for #BlackHistoryMonth https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mo-gilligan-channel-4-black-history-month-comedian-documentary-a9685056.html
Mo Gilligan to present documentary about pioneering black British comedians

‘Black, British and Funny’ is one of five Channel 4 commissions for Black History Month

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mo-gilligan-channel-4-black-history-month-comedian-documentary-a9685056.html
Barbie launches new campaign for #BlackHistoryMonth created in collaboration with Shiona Turini https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/black-history-month-barbie-dolls-mattel-queen-and-slim-designer-shiona-turini-a9345671.html
Barbie collaborates with Queen & Slim designer for Black History Month campaign

‘Representation matters and I’m so grateful to be a part of this moment,’ says costume designer Shiona Turini

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/black-history-month-barbie-dolls-mattel-queen-and-slim-designer-shiona-turini-a9345671.html
Opinion: #BlackHistoryMonth should be a time for action – and white people, that includes you too

Read more here ⬇️ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/black-history-month-uk-race-racism-white-people-a9158086.html
Travis Alabanza: Black History Month should be a time for action – and that includes you, white...

I want to see people engage with their friends about how they can be better allies, or, in the workplace, holding meetings about how to redistribute and rebalance leadership jobs and cultural power

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/black-history-month-uk-race-racism-white-people-a9158086.html
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Opinion: Early 20th-century black British history is as important as Windrush. These are the three lessons whitewashing has denied us

Read more here ⬇️ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/black-history-month-lcp-harold-moody-una-marson-windrush-b572875.html
Opinion: These are the three lessons about 20th-century Black British history we’ve missed out on

Though some of us are waking up to the history of post-war immigrants, writes Seun Matiluko, shameful little is known about British imperial subjects migrating to the mainland decades before

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/black-history-month-lcp-harold-moody-una-marson-windrush-b572875.html
Prince Harry says 'world was created for white people' in interview to mark #BlackHistoryMonth https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-white-people-black-history-month-evening-standard-interview-b738922.html
Prince Harry says 'world was created for white people'

Harry and Meghan also revealed their support for Ashley Banjo and Ofcom’s decision over Britain’s Got Talent controversy

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-white-people-black-history-month-evening-standard-interview-b738922.html
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