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Black history

Creating virtual classrooms for schools

National Museums Liverpool shares how community engagement has shaped its transatlantic slavery workshops

Proud to be: Museums mark Black History Month

This year's event celebrates pride in Black heritage and culture

Building the future

Leading voices from across the globe share their insights and experiences of their efforts to advance the world’s understanding and knowledge of Black history

Into the groove

Patrick Vernon is preserving African diaspora heritage through a radio show broadcast from a space station in the year 2300

Out of many, one museum

Curating content that allows people of colour to see and be themselves might one day give them a sense of belonging, says Carol Ann Dixon

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Home collections are being lost

Treasures are waiting to be discovered, says Maureen Roberts

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Vox pop | How do you engage people with Black British history?

'The sense of urgency to seek understanding of our identities and to explore our roots is palpable'

Books | Rewriting history

Deirdre Osborne looks at the writers and books that challenge our understanding of the past and pave the way for an inclusive future

Talking pictures | A Proposal For Radical Hospitality, Queen’s House, Greenwich

Artist Peter Adjaye’s soundtrack to accompany three paintings of Elizabeth I helps reveal the true nature of our imperial past

Focus on Africa in reopened David Livingstone Birthplace

The £9.1m transformation highlights the explorer’s expedition crew