Want to learn about Black British History?
Start here.
Workshops, online exhibitions, timelines, teaching resources and research guides from the home of Black British history. Free to explore, and easy to share.
Learn with us at Windrush Square
WORKSHOPS
90-minute workshops led by our learning team, using real material from the archive.
Available Monday to Friday. Choose the workshops for your group below.
EYFS to KS5
Schools
£250 per workshop
Jonkonnu Masquerade (EYFS, KS1, lower KS2)
Windrush Journeys (KS2)
Black Abolitionists in Georgian London (KS2)
Change Makers in Victorian Britain (KS2)
Uprisings (KS2 to KS4)
Windrush Journeys (KS3 to KS5)
British Black Power (KS3 to KS5)
History of Black British Feminism (KS4, KS5)
Undergraduate and postgraduate groups
Universities
£500 per workshop
Overview of Black British History and BCA
Windrush and the Black Cultural Archives
Uprisings (1981 and 1985)
History of Black British Feminism
Bespoke workshops on request
Staff teams, charities and community groups
Adults & organisations
Price on application
Overview of Black British History and BCA
Windrush and the Black Cultural Archives
Uprisings (1981 and 1985)
History of Black British Feminism
Black Family History: an introduction to genealogy
Bespoke lunch and learn sessions to suit your team
Awayday sessions for organisations
Free teaching resources
Upper KS3 · 4 lesson
plans
The Brixton Uprisings
View lessons and videos
PDF
The Freedom Project: enslavement and
abolition
Download
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Foundation
Windrush resources
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Foundation
FOR EVERYONE
Explore Black British history online
Interactive timelines, online exhibitions and films, free to explore from anywhere.
BCA Timelines
1562 to 1898
1854 to 2025
The Black History Tube Map
Created with Transport for London, our Black History Tube Map replaces station names with over 270 Black people, venues and organisations who shaped Britain, from before the Tudors to today.
Online exhibitions on Google Arts & Culture
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The development of the Black Cultural Archives
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My heart will always be in Brixton: Olive Morris
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The Windrush generation
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Brixton uprising 1981
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The Black women's movement
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Olaudah Equiano
Watch and listen
First-hand interviews on the Brixton Uprisings, and Black Futures: The Legal Perspective, a film series made with 5SAH chambers.
RESEARCH
Research in the archive
Search the catalogue, use our subject guides to find what we hold, then book a visit to the reading room (Wednesday to Friday, by appointment).
Reading room & library
Book a visit to view original material from the collections.
Search our guides
19 guides to what we hold, free to ownloa as pdfs
Youth Programme
YOUTH FORUM
Our Youth Programme, for 16 to 25-year-olds of African and Caribbean heritage, covers a range of topics to help young people connect with their history & culture.
See what the group has created so far:
Further resources
More places to learn
Recommended resources and organisations, including our friends at the Windrush Foundation.
Past exhibitions
Exhibitions archive
From Race Today to Bob Marley: One Love, look back at exhibitions held at BCA.