I acknowledged the need to tackle the root of the issue behind the lack of visibility and representation. I revisited my initial research into the lack of Black British history within the current UK national education curriculum. I developed accessible educational resources on various topics within Black British history to be taught in schools and online to young children.

In examining the curriculum and the few topics currently taught within Black history, I observed that the majority of them only explore Black history in relation to the US Civil Rights Movement, slavery and the Windrush. Furthermore, they’re only taught during Black History Month as opposed to being implemented into the main body of the year-long curriculum.

THE CONFINEMENT OF THESE TOPICS TO ONE MONTH DEEMS THIS HISTORY AS BOTH PRIMITIVE AND IRRELEVANT, WHILST ALLOWING COUNTLESS OF ADDITIONAL STORIES TO BE COMPLETELY ERASED.

I developed a series of educational resources on Black British history for Key Stage 3 students and teachers. The topics include The Battle of Lewisham, Notting Hill Carnival - Claudia Jones and Althea McNish. Through tackling the educational curriculum, I am attempting to present the diversity of Black British history and its accompanying images in a manner that opens up the narrative and disrupts networks of power and privilege. In doing so I aim to be giving visibility to that which has deliberately been concealed.