Ffeil / File 2/22 - Black History Month

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2/22

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Black History Month

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  • 1999-2006 (Creation)

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1 folder

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Material relating to Women in Jazz's participation in Black History Month, especially their involvement with Channel 4's Black History Map of Britain website, launched 1 October 2000 for Black History Month, including festival programme; press release; poster and flyer; exhibition texts; printouts and press cuttings; correspondence; and enquiry sheets. Together with material relating to Butetown History & Arts Centre's celebration of Black History Month 1999, 2001 and 2004, and postcards and press cutting relating to Butetown's mixed-race history.

The events marking Black History Month October 2006 coincided with celebrations to mark Women in Jazz's 20th anniversary, which were highlighted by a gala evening featuring Women in Jazz patron Dame Cleo Laine - for which see Women in Jazz 20th Anniversary events.

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Enquiry sheets and correspondence arranged chronologically.

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Re letter from Jen Wilson to Blanche Finlay: see also Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz: Blanche Finlay.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Women in Jazz 20th Anniversary events .
See also Butetown History & Arts Centre (section 18).

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Black History Month takes place every October throughout Britain as a means to celebrate the contribution of black people to the development of British society, technology, economy, arts and culture through the medium of talks, social events, guided history walks, etc.

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Raymond Winbush (aka Tikari Bioko), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1948, is an African-American scholar and activist, with particular interest and participation in the field of race relations, the rights of black people and the impact of white racism on the global black community. At the time of his correspondence with Jen Wilson in October 2000 Raymond Winbush was Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Race Relations Institute at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. He currently holds the position of Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. «

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Some Welsh.

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  • Text: Jazz Heritage Wales Archive 2/22 (Box 6)