By Aina J Khan, Image: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images, The Guardian, July 12, 2022
A collection of almost 30,000 rarely seen images of the black diaspora in the UK and the US, dating from the 19th century to the present, has been launched as part of an educational initiative to raise awareness of the history of black people in the UK.
The Black History & Culture Collection includes more than 20 categories of images including politics, hair, education, female empowerment and LGBTQ+.
It begins with images from the 1800s, including a portrait of two South African children ā Albert Jonas and John Xiniwe of the African Choir ā erupting with laughter in 1891. Photos of abolitionist and civil rights figures, the Notting Hill carnival in the 1980s and the Black Lives Matter protests of recent years are also included.
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