A message from your BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) Advocates!
All throughout #BlackHistoryMonth we'll be sharing inspirational black role models.
Keep an eye on the university and SU feeds for more information and news about upcoming events.
The first up is: Chadwick Boseman.
Read this interesting article 'Chadwick Boseman was an advocate for us first and an actor second' to find out about Chadwick's legacy: https://lnkd.in/dHh7EGj
Did you know? One of our Honoraries was a Black Panther. Robert Hillary King is a campaigner for justice and penal reform, writer, former member of the Black Panther Party and for 31 years was an Angola prison inmate. Read here: https://t.co/yjGxyJrPV8… #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/LcYUWkn1JS
Share, what do you feel like you learnt this Black History Month? Comment below!🤔 BAME students, what events would you like to see more of this year? Add your ideas to the question sticker in my story now! 🥳 Let’s keep building and make this the best student-led event for years to come!✨🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽 #blackhistorymonth #aruraceequality #arusu #aru
Five minutes to go! Premiering today at 12:30 on YouTube, Mary Stretch, @ARUAlumni, entrepreneur and former BBC TV producer, shares her pathway to becoming a successful business owner and how you can too: https://t.co/4WMiPLSSMG #BlackHistoryMonth #ARUProud #ARURaceEquality
Join us tonight for this #BlackHistoryMonth event! 'Black history is #BritishHistory': https://t.co/H9lKlxQuyN Asanté discusses how black history was taught in the UK, not only with a focus on ‘African Americans’, but also black people as slaves. #ARURaceEquality
Did you know? One of our Honoraries was a Black Panther. Robert Hillary King is a campaigner for justice and penal reform, writer, former member of the Black Panther Party and for 31 years was an Angola prison inmate. Born in 1942, Robert grew up in an America where racial segregation was legally institutionalised. He spent several spells in Louisiana State Penitentiary, more commonly known as Angola prison, for convictions based on highly questionable evidence. In 1973, Robert was wrongly charged with the murder of a fellow inmate. It was in Angola's closed-cell restricted area that Robert came into contact with Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace. Collectively, they began campaigning for better conditions for their fellow inmates and an end to the culture of brutality and discrimination. They came to be known as the 'Angola Three'. Finally, in 2001, after a complex arrangement of plea bargaining, Robert walked free from Angola prison. Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace remain in Angola prison, serving their 40th year in solitary confinement, and Robert has vowed to continue to tour, to campaign and to speak on their behalf until they are released. In 2011 Robert came to Anglia Ruskin University, where he spoke at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2012, ARU presented Robert Hillary King with the award of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. After 31 years living in the most brutal conditions imaginable, Robert emerged not only with his sanity intact, but his humanity too, and this bears testament to his courage and fortitude. His commitment to this cause is an inspiration. Learn more about Robert's story in our #BHM story highlights. #BlackHistoryMonth #ARURaceEquality #ARUalumni #BlackHistoryMonth2020 #BlackPantherParty #ARUProud #HonoraryDoctorate #AngolaThree #RobertHillaryKing #BlackPanther #BlackPantherMovement #AngolaPrison #PrisonReform #BlackLivesMatter #AlbertWoodfox #HermanWallace #Movement #socialjustice #DoctorofLaws #honoriscausa
Your BAME Advocates are sharing their second inspirational black role model of #BlackHistoryMonth: Vivien Thomas. Read 'The remarkable story of Vivien Thomas, the black man who helped invent heart surgery' to learn more about him: https://t.co/huh1B0wtt7 #ARURaceEquality #BHM
Such an insightful conversation with the inspirational @officialbarnesy this evening. Great to hear some football anecdotes, as well as John’s take on racial issues in sport and society. Thank you for joining us! @CambsFA @Living_Sport @DrCynOkpokiri #BlackHistoryMonth
