Well, perhaps you should!
For the past four years Barbara Ellis has produced a ‘Lest We Forget’ calendar commemorating the contribution of men and women of colour from the Caribbean to the British war effort in the two World Wars. We have them all.
You won’t be able to read the text in the following images but they give you an idea of the overall approach.
We have kept them because, in addition to being a wall calendar for the year, they each contain a wealth of Black British history. For each month there is a meticulously researched article about a particular person or on a theme. Honestly, if you could take the articles from the four years and put them together, you would get a great book about Black British history full of stories that are new to you.
The calendar costs £10 but, for obvious reasons, Barbara will sell the few she has left for £5. If you are interested you can contact her here:
babarasellis4(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com
Please be patient as we know that she is lucky enough to be on holiday at the moment.
While we have your attention, a subscriber asked if we could make the link to the list of prisoners of colour in Newgate gaol produced by John Ellis more accessible – your wish is our command! Here it is:
Black or of colour inmates remanded into Newgate Gaol between May 1817 and January 1882