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On Wednesday 17th November, the Young Historians Project unveiled the first mural of our project, 'A Hidden History: African women in the British health service', at Royal United Hospital Bath. When this project began in 2018, we searched for an impactful, educative, and creative way of presenting this history. This led us to plan a series of commemorative murals centred around portraits of under-appreciated historic women. YHP worked with Heritage Interpreter and Bristol–bas

On the 31st of March 2021, the British government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, commissioned by Conservative Prime...

On 19th November, Senate House Library and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) hosted History Day 2020. History Day is an annual...

[This is part II of an extended blog piece. Part I can be read here ] ... I looked to set the context in which women from African and...

When I was invited to speak at the University of Bristol’s History Society event for Black History Month on the 21st October as a...

This month I met Dr Cecilia Anim, the first Black president of the Royal College of Nursing, at the Inclusion Café. The Inclusion Café...

In my first year of university, I felt it was important to immerse myself in the Black culture surrounding me. One way I sought to...

The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 sparked a wave of international protests – building a global resistance against racism, state...

On 22nd June 2020, my fellow YHP member Ijeoma and I attended a Windrush Day celebration virtually. Amongst the speakers were Mayor of...

Below is a joint statement by the coordinators of History Matters and the Young Historians Project: The History Matters initiative was...

We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Professor Justin Champion, who among many things was a key supporter of the Young...

Before joining YHP, I associated studying history with thick textbooks with black and white photographs, boring essays, and a lack of...