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PBHG 10th Anniversary Event
PBHG 10th Anniversary Event
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7:00 pm
Tuesday 5th Oct 7pm - 9pm at Jalgos Sports and Social Club, Rose St, Preston. We've moved our Anniversary celebration from the official date on 25th August to Black History Month in October. It'll be a packed programme of reminiscences, achievements and looking forward to the next 10 year! There will be light refreshments to share with all our well wishers.
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Music Across the Caribbean
Music Across the Caribbean
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Sunday Oct 17th, 4-7pm, Jalgos Sports and Social Club Music from across the Caribbean: songs and their back stories. Presented by David Knight, songs about life in the Caribbean with a particular interest in African instruments and South Asian influences.
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Trip to the Rum Story
Trip to the Rum Story
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9:00 am
Trip to the Rum Story in Whitehaven. Thursday 21st Oct, meet at 9am, Jalgos, Rose St, Preston. A minibus trip with our own tour guide at the Rum Story. First come – first served so book you place now! Travel cost will be £12.00. Lunch is not provided so bring your own – there is a cafe but previous experience was variable. Contact Clinton Smith clinton@prestonblackhistorygroup.org.uk for info and to book a place.
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AKWANTU: The Journey - film
AKWANTU: The Journey - film
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3:00 pm
AKWANTU: The Journey - film showing and Q&A Sunday 24th Oct, 3-6pm, Jalgos Sports and Social Club. A film by Roy T Anderson, Akwantu: the Journey is a ground-breaking documentary film that tells the story of the legendary Maroons of Jamaica and their gallant fight for freedom.
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Frederick Douglass: Film
Frederick Douglass: Film
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4:00 pm
Frederick Douglass and the White Negro - film showing and Q&A. Sunday 31st Oct, 4-6pm, Jalgos Sports and Social Club. Frederick Douglass and the White Negro is a documentary telling the story of ex-slave, abolitionist, writer and politician Frederick Douglass and his escape to Ireland from America in the 1840s. After his escape from slavery and writing his autobiography which included all the actual names of his 'owners' to prove he was telling the truth, his only option was to leave his family behind and flee the United States of America since now his life was in danger. Film showing followed by a Q&A session with Professor Alan Rice, Professor in English and American Studies, Director of UCLan Research Centre in Migration, Diaspora and Exile (MIDEX)
Calendar developed and supported by
Kieran O'Shea