From the African Association to Reparations 129 Years of Global Black Resistance
On 24 September 1897, Black organisers in London founded the African Association as European empire was violently remaking Africa. Henry Sylvester Williams understood a truth that still matters. Racism and colonial domination crossed borders, so Black resistance had to cross borders too. The Association helped build an early infrastructure for modern Pan African politics. Today that…
This Sickle Cell Awareness Month We Need to Talk About the 3%
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. But for people whose health depends on regular transfusions, awareness is not enough. There must be blood available when they need it. Around 10,000 people living with sickle cell are based in London, out of approximately 19,000 across the UK. Yet just 3% of blood donors nationally are from…
A Public Media Lynching? Jason Arday and the Cost to Black Mental Health
Firstly, BLAM UK want to say that we are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday, the youngest Black person ever appointed to a professorship at the University of Cambridge. We send our deepest love and solidarity to his family, friends and everyone grieving this devastating loss. Professor Arday was…
When Black Childhood Is Criminalised: How Daryl McLune’s Case Exposes Adultification, Anti-Black Racism and Human Rights Failures
In a landmark case, 20 year old Daryl McLune has won a race discrimination claim against the Metropolitan Police. McLune was only 16 when he returned home after his mother’s suicide attempt in July 2021 and was immediately treated as a suspect rather than a terrified son. A jury concluded the Met had “discriminated against Daryl McLune……
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