Notting Hill Black History Walk
Schedule
Sun Nov 10 2024 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Meet point on REQUEST | London, EN
About this Event
There is much more to Notting Hill than Carnival but even that history is often mis-represented. Find out about pioneering African/Caribbean people who literally fought for equality and laid the foundation for modern multi-cultural London. This walk features:
- West Indian Freedom Fighters in London
- The White Defence League, Oswald Mosley and immigration
- Black self empowerment, economics and community planning
- Claudia Jones and the origins of Carnival
- Bob Marley, Diana Ross, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Band Aid, Rhianna,where they hung out
- Shebeens and the Black Panthers
- Portobello road and shebeens
- World War Two, Windrush, Segregation and Gentrification
- Frank Chrichlow, Darcus Howe legends of Black British Civil Rights
- Race, Class, Gender, Literature, Science and much, much more!
NB this walk was turned into a Pearson GCSE exam text book which is now being used in schools across the country. See below for image or click this link https://bit.ly/3GheiWd
Other Coming events from Black History Walks
- Black History Helicopter tour
- Black History bus tour
- The Little Mermaid's real Black history and the books to prove it
- Black image in the National Gallery
- Theatreland Black History walk, Hackney/St Paul's Bank Black History Walk
- 17 Years of African Odysseys
- Eugenics, breeding out the blacks and white supremacy
- Regents canal black history cruise
- Regents canal black history walk
- Black history walks Volume 1 book launch
- Harlem in Mayfair Black History Walk
- Fighting the slavemaster
Where is it happening?
Meet point on REQUEST, Notting hill, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 15.00