(2015) Millennium's Biggest Album Sellers - Blue-Eyed Soul And Black Music Back To The Rescue, Again
A BBM Newsletter: At last Saturday's UN Anti-Racism Day rally at Trafalgar Square, Jerry Dammers, composer of the anti-apartheid anthem 'Free Nelson  Mandela', made an appeal to musicians, artists, writers, and by extension to the creative industries, to "take a positive stance against racism in their work". Although there are a few individuals and organisations that are concerned about diversity and racism, I believe the success of a few African artists, and black music generally, tends to give the impression that the music industry works on meritocracy, and that racism is hardly worth talking about...

(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) Trevor Phillips' Channel 4 Race Programme Tonight ... Race Back To Racial Equality Focus
A BBM newsletter that speaks to race-related activities in the community, and expressions within the media. Instead of us marking the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Race Relations Act with some optimism, it seems race equality is at a tricky crossroads. Tonight, UKip leader Nigel Farage, will claim he’s racially “colour-blind”, and say on Trevor Phillip's Channel 4 documentary 'Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True' that he'll be tearing up Britain’s race equality laws, instead of strengthening them should he come to power...

(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.

(2016) RE:IMI 2016 Formal Launch At House Of Commons
After nearly two years of low-key engagement, RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry) is formally launched at the House of Commons on July 12 2016, hosted by Dawn Butler MP.

This formal launch brings to the fore RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry), a collective made up of music industry practitioners, musicians, producers, academics, historians, community activists and equality practitioners, which has a focus on 'race' within music industry diversity/equality discourse and practice.

At a time when 'race' and ethnicity issues have cropped up, as evidenced by the #BritsSoWhite trend, and 'race' sometimes does not feature in diversity/equality remits, RE:IMI, which is a BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress initiative, aims to work with stakeholders within and without the music industry by highlighting 'race' and ethnicity deficits. And also pursue initiatives such as British Artists Against Racism (BAAR). Join us, as we set out our stall, and also find out what others, such as the BPI, the UK Music Diversity Task Force and BECTU, are doing to address 'race' equality and diversity.

(2015) BBMM2015 Race/Ethnic Diversity In Music Conference Background
Background information speaking to the RE:IMI BBMM 2015 diversity conference entitled Is Racism And Ethnic Diversity An Issue Within The Music Industry? This video is compiled from online articles on 'race', racism and ethnic diversity within the music/creative industries, starting with the dialogue within the film, TV and broadcast media championed by the recently knighted comedian and actor Lenny Henry, and ending with a few excepts from videos featuring the likes record producer/label owner Neil 'Mad Professor' Fraser, artist manager and industry executive Keith Harris, Carl McIntosh of Loose Ends, and Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul fame, former BBC Radio 1 head Chris Lycett, and former MCA Records MD Tony Powell.

(June 2020) Black Music Execs Call On UK Industry To Drop 'Urban' Term And Adopt Anti-Racism Training
In an open letter by new organisation of African music industry execs Black Music Coalition, it "has called for a number of measures from the industry, including mandatory anti-racism training, adoption of a budget to support black organisations, career development for black staff, and removal of the term ‘urban music’ in favour of ‘black music’." Also see 'Urban' No More: Black British Music Execs Call For Industry Reforms.