Wednesday 30 October, 5-8pm
A talk with food and refreshments at Diocesan House for Black History Month
The work of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in the US has been central to so many school and university programmes about Black History. Much less is shared about their influence on Black Civil Rights activism in the UK in the 1960s. As we mark the 60th anniversary of their visits in 1964, this talk will explore their significance and impact.
5pm- 5.30pm – Arrival/Coffee/Refreshments
5.30pm – 5.40pm – Introduction
5.40pm – 6.30pm – Talk
6.30pm – 7pm – Questions
7pm – 8pm – Dinner/discussions
Speaker biography: Robin Whitburn has been a Lecturer in History Education at the University College London – Institute of Education since 2010; he has tutored around two hundred history teachers on their PGCE course. Before that, Robin had thirty years’ experience in London high schools in a range of roles. Robin is a Fellow of the Historical Association (HA) in the UK, and has spoken at national and international conferences in North America, China, South Africa and Europe. Robin founded Justice to History with Abdul Mohamud in 2013 to help teachers and students explore relevant, and often neglected, diverse histories; they have written several books on Black history in schools.