Black History Month

• A UK-based introduction to Black History Month 2023, and the theme for the UK, ‘Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements’ – www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/black-history-month-2023/

   

• ‘Black History Month: What is it and why does it matter?’ BBC News ‘explainer’ on how something that originated in America became introduced to the UK, and an explanation of why it is important in the UK – www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-54522248

   

• The American roots and an explanation of the American Black History Month theme for 2023 – www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month

• Black History Month guest blog looking at a history of black Salvationists, written by William Booth College Librarian Winette Field (2018) – http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre/international-heritage-centre-blog/guest-blog-black-history

• How Founders House marked Black History Month in 2022 –www.salvationarmy.org.uk/news/salvation-army-lifehouse-marks-black-history-month

• ‘Walk a mile in my shoes’ – Jasper Meda (Assistant Corps Sergeant-Major at Croydon Citadel) shares his experience in this Salvationist interview – http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/publications/salvationist/article-week-walk-mile-my-shoes

• ‘We need to see and celebrate different colours and races’ – Loretta Andrews (co-author of a book about how to raise ‘antiracist kids’) shares why such conversations are critical in this Salvationist interview – http://www.salvationist.org.uk/articles/we-need-see-and-celebrate-different-colours-and-races

• ‘Racing to justice?’ Salvationist viewpoint article written by Ben Cotterill (2020) –http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/article-week-racing-justice

• ‘Learning to do right’ Salvationist viewpoint article written by Linbert Spencer from Bedford Congress Hall (2020) – http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/article-week-learning-do-right

• ‘The transformative potential of everyday encounters’, Tearfund’s Bible study / small group reflection on John 4:1-42 – http://www.tearfund.org/-/media/tearfund/files/get-involved/resources/include-and-value-each-other-part-1.pdf

Recommended reading: 

• Maybe I Don’t Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery by David Harewood, Pan Macmillan

   

• Still Breathing: 100 Black Voices on Racism - 100 Ways to Change the Narrative, edited by Suzette Llewellyn and Suzanne Packer, Harper Inspire