Project
history
The Northamptonshire Black History Project
was a three year, community-led initiative. It was primarily
funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and ran from July 2002.
The aim of the project was to record and promote the histories
and stories of Northamptonshire’s Black communities
and individuals over at least the past 500 years. It built
upon work carried out in the county over the last 20 years.
To this end, the project involved three main activities: historical
research, community
archiving and oral
history interviewing. Follow the links to find out
more
The lead agency for the project was Northamptonshire
Racial Equality Council and a range of Black-led community
groups and individuals who made up our management
committee. The work has been undertaken by a large
team
of paid staff, sessional workers and volunteers.
To ensure that the work of the project continued, and with
resounding support from the local communities, it evolved
into the Northamptonshire
Black History Association.
Our community representatives on the project’s management committee over the last three years have included the following groups:
African Association
Bethel United Church
Council for Ethnic Minority Communities
Dostiyo Asian Women and Girls Centre
Ghana Union
Islamic Pakistani Community Centre
Liberian
Association
Northamptonshire
Racial Equality Council (lead agency)
Northamptonshire Somali Community
Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Kettering
Wellingborough Black Consortium
Wellingborough African Caribbean Association (WACA)
West Indian Parents Association |
