11 June 2011
2pm onwards

NBHA at Northampton Carnival

NBHA will have a float in this year's Northampton Carnival for the first time!

Have you ever wanted to join in the Carnival fun and never quite managed it?

Or are you a Carnival veteran with no float to ride?

Are you creative with ideas for a theme ?

Are you a dab hand with a sewing machine ?

Or perhaps you have lots of Carnival experience to pass on ?

We invite members and supporters to volunteer for NBHA’s FIRST CARNIVAL FLOAT on

07 May 2011

Mary Seacole Wreath Laying Service

NBHA and Heritage Lives are pleased to announce another day trip celebrating the life and contribution of Mary Seacole, the Jamaican Doctress.

A coach will be take supporters from Northamptonshire to this annual event in London on Saturday 7 May 2011.

This year the Mary Seacole Memorial Association celebrates its 30 years anniversary and an even larger crowd than usual is expected.

The wreath-laying part of the event will take place first at St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road, London. The church service, followed by food and entertainment, will be at nearby St Marks Church and Hall.

Coach departs:

7.30am - Jacksons Lane, (behind WACA), Wellingborough, NN8 4LD

8.00am - Christchurch, Northampton, NN1 4LN

8.15am - Doddridge Centre, Northampton, NN5 5LD

Tickets are £12 (adults) and £8 (children). LUNCH INCLUDED

To book your place, please contact the NBHA office on 01604 590967 or email the NBHA office

05 May 2011
Thursdays 6pm - 8pm

Caribbean History Course

University of Northampton

A History of the Caribbean

A 10 week course from 5th May 2011

Thursday evenings 6-8pm

The module begins with an examination of the overall themes of Caribbean History, including a look at the pre-colonial Caribbean.

It continues with a number of sessions on the slave trade and slave resistance and the central role it played in shaping the history and development of the region. The second half of the course will look at Caribbean History in the twentieth century, as the region progressed from colonial rule to independence. The aim of this course is to develop a broad understanding of Caribbean History, encouraging students to draw on their own personal experiences and opinions as well as on primary and secondary historical sources, literary texts and appropriate visual sources.

Topics covered during the course include:
• European Settlement and the establishment of the Slave Society
• The Slave Trade and Slave Resistence
• The Post Emancipation Caribbean
• Growth of Caribbean Identity and Nationalism
• Caribbean in the era of the Two World Wars
• The Move to Independence
• The Windrush Generation

Please contact the NBHA office for details on how to enrol.

05 March 2011
9am

Secret Egypt - Herbert Museum coach trip

Unravelling truth from myth

This brand new blockbusting exhibition allows visitors to investigate the truth behind some of the most popular myths about ancient Egypt amongst displays that bring together over 200 objects from some of the most important Egyptian collections in the country.

These include an amazing colossus statue from the British Museum, a rare head of Queen Nefertiti from the Ashmolean, crocodile mummies from Bolton Museum.

Adults £8, Members £7, U16 £5

Cheque payable to NBHA, sent to NBHA, Doddridge Centre, 109 St James Road, Northampton, NN5 5LD

Coach Departs Promptly:

8.30am: Jackson’s Lane (Behind WACA), Wellingborough
9.15am: Doddridge Centre, 109 St James Road, Northampton, NN5 5LD

Coach Leaves Coventry approx 4 pm

Contact the NBHA office.
Phone: 01604 590967

www.theherbert.org/index.php/home/whats-on/secret-egypt

28 October 2010
2pm

Caribbean Islands

Central Library, Abington St, Northampton

A introduction to music and culture of some of the Caribbean Islands.

In partnership with Northamptonshire Libraries, as part of the One World, Many Cultures festival.

16 October 2010

Black Family History Day - Discovering your roots

Northampton Central Library

Ever tried to trace your family roots?

Why not join us for an afternoon of discovery. Learn more about how to start the exciting journey of tracing your family's past.

Paul Crooks - author of Ancestors will be there to share with us his own personal journey.

Book your place now - 01604 590967 or email the office.

27 September 2010
Mondays 6pm - 8pm

Black British History course

Park campus, University of Northampton

This popular Black British History course run jointly by the University of Northampton and NBHA will be held on Monday’s commencing 27 September 2010 from 6-8pm for 11 consecutive weeks at the University Park Campus.

No prior qualifications are necessary and people of all ages are welcome including under 18s.

The subsidised course costs £60 entitles you to use a wide range of University facilities.

Please contact the NBHA office for details.

11 September 2010
11am

Heritage Open Days

Guildhall, St Giles Sq, Northampton, NN1 1DE

NBHA will be present at the annual Heritage Open Days, a part of European Heritage Days - a Council of Europe initiative.

Come and read about the work of the Association, meet the volunteers who ensure that Black History is promoted within the county.

There will also be a chance to purchase our new book 'BLACK BRITISH HISTORY: Selected Studies'

09 September 2010
7pm

NBHA Committee Meeting

Doddridge Centre

08 July 2010
7pm

Annual General Meeting

Doddridge Centre

08 July 2010

Book Launch - 'BLACK BRITISH HISTORY: Selected Studies'

This book presents a varied and fascinating collection of studies in Black British History ranging across three hundred years of Britain’s links to Africa, North America, the Caribbean and the Indian sub-continent. It is the product of an ongoing partnership between Northamptonshire Black History Association and the University of Northampton.

19 June 2010
8am

Brighton Black History Coach Trip

Northampton & Wellingborough Pick up to Brighton

Tickets are now on sale for our Midsummer Trip to the Seaside...at bargain prices, and with Black History included!

Brighton and Hove Black History Group will provide a FREE Black History tour of the town centre. You can find out about ‘Dr Brighton’ – Sake Dean Mahomed, whose Baths and curry house were famous 200 years ago – and about Queen Victoria’s African god-daughter.

BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT: £8 adults, £6 NBHA Members/OAPs, £4 children under 16.

EMAIL: admin@northants-black-history.og.uk
PHONE: 01604 590967.

www.black-history.org.uk/index.asp

08 May 2010

Mary Seacole Wreath Laying Service

On behalf of the Mary Seacole Memorial Association, the Royal College of Nursing will be holding a wreath-laying ceremony in the Chapel in St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, London.

06 March 2010

We Were There Exhibition

Exciting news! NBHA will be hosting a major national exhibition at Northampton Guildhall.

The We Were There exhibition was created by the Ministry of Defence in 2006 and has been touring the country ever since. It highlights the important contribution made by Britain’s minority ethnic communities to defence over the past two hundred and fifty years.

Details of the exhibition can be found here:

www.northants-black-history.org.uk/newsLatest.asp