Birmingham

Black Heritage Walks Network holds walks and pop-up events that enable cross-cultural discussions about the past, current and future, including the heritage of those with a Commonwealth identity. The network tackles business enterprise and health inequalities. The organisation works with local elders from a commonwealth background, who become role models for young and hard to reach people. 

Discover the impact and legacy of 800 African American women, who served in the 6888th Battalion of the US Army.

It consisted of 855 black women both enlisted and officers.   It was the only all-black, all-female battalion enlisted overseas during World War II

Based in Birmingham UK during WW2, the first Black Women’s Army Corp were sent overseas to sort out postal duties during the war.

Exploring the history of Birmingham, in particular the industrial revolution and its relationship to transatlantic slave trade. Like many major cities, there is clear evidence that Birmingham developed and profited, directly and indirectly, from an economic and industrial system of human degradation and displacement.

This tour features the Joseph Chamberlain, Birmingham Mint, dog collars used on slaves, the abolitionist movement and many more historical features.

A tour highlighting the story of a remarkable African American woman who travelled to Britain to campaign against slavery, racism and lynching from the 1830s to the late 1890s.

Ida B Wells was a journalist, criminologist, activist, author, a social reformer and an inspirational figure.

American, Black and female, she captured the hearts and minds of her UK counterparts because of her ardent campaigns for Social Justice and education for all.

A migration trail of Black heritage in the UK, from 7500 BC through to post war migrant communities.Handsworth lies just outside Birmingham City Centre based in the northwest and became a settlement area for the African-Caribbean community just after WW2.Handsworth is rich in political, economic, sporting and educational Black pioneers such as 

• Nelson Mandela
• Mohammed Ali
• Benjamin Zephaniah
• and many more.

Handsworth paved the way for global musical legends, Sound Systems and the original Shebeens.