(2015) Where Is Britain 50 Years After Enacting Its First Race Relations Act?

A BBM News Release: Where Is Britain 50 Years After Enacting Its First Race Relations Act? which highlights the launch of our documentary DVD 'Look How Far We've Come Community Talk & Racism', which marks the 50 years since the enactment of UK's first Race Relations Act, by providing viewpoints drawn from a wide cross-section of British's multicultural society. Interviewees include some of those whose work led to the Act: Bristol Bus Boycott leader Paul Stephenson OBE, Labour Society Of Lawyers member Ian Macdonald QC, WISC (West Indian Standing Conference) executive Clarence Thompson MBE; some of those who helped draft, or vote for the Act, such as Labour Society Of Lawyers member Lord Anthony Lester QC, and Labour politician Tony Benn. Contributors also include launch event special guest Dame Jocelyn Barrow, whose work as a CARD (Campaign Against Racial Discrimination) co-founder, led to the 1968 amendment of the Act...

(2015) RE:IMI 2015 Soft Launch And African Debate
This RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry) soft launch kicked off with the ‘British Music Industry Gains From Black Music: What Have Africans Gained?’ debate. The event also marks the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the 1965 Race Relations Act, the 70th anniversary of the 5th Pan-African Congress at Manchester, and the start of UN's International Decade of People Of African Descent, and seeks to highlight 'race' within Diversity discourse and music industry practice. Panel includes performer & trade unionist Zita Holbourne, musician & music industry practitioner Hugh Francis, former record producer and community educator Toyin Agbetu, Pan-African Society at QMUL president Dauda Barry, and BBM/BMC founder Kwaku, plus maverick record producer & owner of Ariwa record label Neil 'Mad Professor' Fraser via video.

(June 2020) Windrush Day 2020: Reflecting On The Ongoing Campaign For Justice
The Mayor of London and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants brought together experts, campaigners and community groups in London to talk about the ongoing campaign for justice for the Commonwealth and Windrush generation...

(June 2020) Britain’s Slave Owner Compensation Loan, Reparations And Tax Havenry
According to the Treasury, British taxpayers finished ‘paying off’ the debt which the British government incurred in order to compensate British enslavers as per the 1833 Abolition Act. It was more than the £20m often quoted...