Black History Walks Bus Tour
Black History Walks well be doing a three-hour drive showing London’s top tourist attractions from an African/Caribbean perspective. There is at least 2000 years of Black history to be uncovered! (Main image Phyllis Wheatley)
The private bus journey will start in Brixton. Black History Walks then you leave for a circular tour of London’s typical attractions (Tower of London, Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament etc.) but with all the hidden Black connections explained.
Covering a period of 3500 years including Black Generals, the colour bar , black-owned nightclubs, Black Tudors, Female Resistance leaders, Claudia Jones, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Dame Jocelyn Barrow, Mavis Best, British Black Panthers, 20,0000 Black People and their day of action, Windrush arrival points, Frederick Douglas, Breadfruits, The Black mayors who beat the National Front, 50 years of The West Indian Standing Conference, Champion boxers of the 1800s, Nelson Mandela, Trafalgar Square and the Anti-Apartheid movement, the Bank of England’s secret West Indian wealth, the Ghana connection and much, much more!
Proceeds from this event will go towards the Black History Walks fundraiser for plaques in honour of six Black historical heroes:
Dr Harold Moody 1930s Black British Civil Rights leader: Plaque unveiled March 2019
Phyllis Wheatley 1773 child genius, poet, author. Plaque unveiled 16 July 2019
Emma Clarke first Black female footballer in 189.) Plaque unveiled 2 December 2019
Bill Richmond 1800s American/British champion boxer and community leader
Tom Molyneaux 1810 American champion boxer who should have been British champion but for cheating
Baron Baker 1950s Jamaican and Windrush street-fighter who defended the community out of Toto Bags Blues Club in Notting Hill
D�r Cecil Belfield-Clarke, Black British Civil Rights leader, inventor of the Clarke Rule which benefits millions of children (Plaque unveiled April 2023)
M�aster Juba / William Henry Lane dancer, activist and entrepeneur
Read the Pearson GCSE exam text book based on Black History Walks Notting Hill Walk here https://bit.ly/3B93eKH
You might also like: For Black Boys Returns: An Important Narrative by Writer Director Ryan Calais Cameron
