Badge : Black History Month
Object
Badge
Production date
/10/1987
Object number
1988.670
Physical Description
'Black History Month' badge with Sankofa symbol
Associated Event
Black History Month
Black History Month
Black History Month
Material
metal alloy
Dimension
Diameter (front): 56mm
Exhibition Label
Sankofa
Black History Month was first celebrated in the UK in 1987. It recognised the increased ethnic diversity in the country and the failings of history teaching in British schools. Black historical figures were often only represented as slaves or as subjects of European empires.
Since its launch in London, it has become an annual event across the country every October.
This badge features the Sankofa bird, a West African Adinkra symbol meaning ‘Look backwards, go forwards’, or ‘learn from the past to build for the future’.
People Power: Black British Arts & Activism in Hackney 1960s - 2000s
Black History Month was first celebrated in the UK in 1987. It recognised the increased ethnic diversity in the country and the failings of history teaching in British schools. Black historical figures were often only represented as slaves or as subjects of European empires.
Since its launch in London, it has become an annual event across the country every October.
This badge features the Sankofa bird, a West African Adinkra symbol meaning ‘Look backwards, go forwards’, or ‘learn from the past to build for the future’.
People Power: Black British Arts & Activism in Hackney 1960s - 2000s
On display?
No
Inscription
Black History Month
Sankofa
Retrieving the past is no taboo
LSPU October 1987 ALA
Sankofa
Retrieving the past is no taboo
LSPU October 1987 ALA
