Austen Quote by Buchi Emecheta

I understand that the worst people in England at a time were ran to America, for some reason. Then slavery came and calls of…

— Muhammad Ali

The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. This is not only deeply…

— Paterson Joseph

The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale.

— Paterson Joseph

I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that…

— David Oyelowo

The refusal to accept that the black presence in Britain has a long and deep history is not just a symptom of racism, it…

— David Olusoga

In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

— Buchi Emecheta

Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a…

— Michaela Coel

We definitely experience racism in England and different levels of oppression as well. Anywhere affected by colonialism there's certain kinds of race relations and…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

I don't think it's different to be a black girl in England than it is to be a black girl from America. We all…

— Cynthia Erivo

When I was a child, growing up on a council estate in the northeast of England, I imbibed enough of the background racial tensions…

— David Olusoga

What motivated me as much as anything was to show the racists that a black man could bring pride and honour to Britain.

— Linford Christie

While not always pretty or comfortable to discuss, Black history shines a light on the everlasting resilience of patriots in the Black community who…

— Byron Donalds