Author: blackhistory247

Black Boy Fly by Kendrick Lamar

So I’m saying, “What up? What up? Nigga, you made it”So I’m saying, “What up? What up? Nigga, you made it”So I’m saying, “What up? What up? Nigga, you made it”So I’m saying, “What up? What up? Nigga, I hate it”So I’m saying, “What up? What up? Nigga, I hate it”Frustrated and I’m riding down […]

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Young, Gifted and Black

Song by Nina Simone Young, gifted and blackOh what a lovely precious dreamTo be young, gifted and blackOpen your heart to what I meanIn the whole world you knowThere’s a million boys and girlsWho are young, gifted and blackAnd that’s a fact“You are young, gifted and black”We must begin to tell our youngThere’s a world […]

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The Great Migration (1910-1970)

The Great Migration was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s. The driving force behind the mass movement was to escape racial violence, pursue economic and educational opportunities, […]

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Lord Victor Adebowale

Victor became Chair of the NHS Confederation in April 2020. Before this, he was Chief Executive of Turning Point, a social enterprise. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Co-Operative Group, Collaborate CIC, Nuffield Health, Visionable and Leadership in Mind. He is also the Chair of Social Enterprise UK. Victor served for six years as […]

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