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BLACK HISTORY TRAIL

Welcome to Manchester’s first on-line Black History Trail.

Developed from an idea formulated in 2000 by the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Archive with Dominique Tessier, Maria Noble of Manchester Education, and BAA. The trail is intended to be simply a journey of remembrance.

This website will be constantly updated because BAA believes that it is incomplete. It’s development and improvement depends entirely on you, the visitor to the site.

Over the forthcoming months, we will also include a commemorative page to those who have left us and who gave their energy to the furtherance of the Black community.

BAA is aware of that at present that focus is on the African and Caribbean communities. In time BAA hopes (with your help) to address this imbalance to the Asian communities.

At present the trail concentrates on the following 5 major districts:

This website would not have been possible without the generous support of English Heritage directed by Patrick Burke the community outreach officer.

Black Arts Alliance believes the history of ordinary and extra ordinary people alongside those who achieve high profile in the history books is important to the growth and development of society. I hope that this website is continuously upgraded as more and more of the past comes to light because from yesterday we learn how to go forward tomorrow.

SuAndi. Cultural Director – Freelance BAA

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  1. Dominque Tessier: Freelance Researcher in Local History.

    Works with: Connected Communities (Manchester Always On), Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Education Trust, People's History Museum, Ghana Cultural Heritage, Women's Electronic Village Hall and The Manchester Museum.

  2. The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre

    The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre is based near the campus of Manchester University.

    The centre holds a substantial collection of books, reports, videos, posters and other resources about black history and politics. The library is open-access with study-space.

    We want to promote positive images of diversity in Britain and Manchester and collect and produce resources that promote black history in schools and community groups.

    More Information onThe Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Archive