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Encouraging the development of young historians of African and Caribbean heritage in Britain | #HlfSupported #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
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Last Saturday, members of YHP went to the event 'Painted with Care: Celebrating African Women in British Healthcare' at The Africa Centre, to commemorate our project: 'African Women in British Healthcare, 1930 - 2000'. #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
Text on screen reads as follows: Medicinal plants from the Africa The background motif is formed of medicinal plants located on the African continent. Great care was taken to research ensuring that plants from across the continent were selected. among the featured elements, the mangrove forests for their rich biodiversity evidenced by numerous varieties that could be located across the African continent as well as across the Caribbean. By incorporating mangroves into the mural, we honour the intertwined histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain and the broader context of pan - African politics. Text reads as follows: African Women in the British Health Sector Through this project we were able to uncover the lives and experiences of African women who worked in the health sector in the UK between 1930 - 2000. African women had a wide range of experiences within the NHS. Our documentary explores their childhood and migration stories, their training and careers in healthcare, and general facets of life in Britain as Black women.
June 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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In order of appearance, these women are:

Dr Matilda Johanna Clerk
Dzagbele Matilda Asante
Metian Parsanka
Kofoworola Abeni Pratt
Blanche La Guma
Dr Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro.

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Black Women in the NHS Mural at Guys Hospital, London Black Women in the NHS Mural at Guys Hospital, London Black Women in the NHS Mural at Guys Hospital, London Black Women in the NHS Mural at Guys Hospital, London
March 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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In September 2024, YHP unveiled our third commemorative mural as part of our project celebrating historical African women in healthcare. Installed outside Guy's Hospital in London, the mural features six impactful healthcare workers from a range of time periods. #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
Black Women in the NHS Mural at Guys Hospital, London
March 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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The Young Historians Project is deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of our longtime collaborator and friend Marika Sherwood. A veteran educator and pioneering historian, Marika dedicated her life to research and inspiring future generations.
Some YHP members alongside Marika Sherwood (middle) when interviewing her last summer.
February 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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During the Black People's Day of Action (2nd March 1981), the victims of the fire were publicly memorialised, when up to 20,000 people marched from New Cross Road to Hyde Park, with many carrying placards bearing pictures of the 13 victims with their names #OTD #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
Image by Vron Ware for Searchlight: The Anti-Fascist Monthly. Photographs now held by Autograph ABP (CC BY-NC 4.0). Image courtesy of History Workshop
January 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#OTD (18th January 1981): In the early hours of January 18th 1981, a fire broke out at 439 New Cross Road in the London Borough of Lewisham, where Yvonne Ruddock and her friend Angela Jackson were celebrating their 16th and 18th birthdays respectively. #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
The flame-ravaged house in New Cross Road, Deptford, south London in 1981. Image courtesy of the Guardian.
January 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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She was honored with a Nubian Jak blue plaque on March 25th 2022, which was sponsored by Black History Walks and Royal Holloway, University of London. It stands at Grenville Street, London. You can watch the unveiling of her plaque here: youtube.com/watch?v=9yMpD7bf2A0

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Nubian Jak blue plaque of Sarah Parker Remond. It reads as follows: Sarah Parker Remond 1826 - 1894 African American Abolitionist, lecturer, suffragist, polyglot, UCL & Bedford College Graduate. Lived at 6 Grenville Street, later became an Obstetrician in Italy Roundals on plaque state the following: Nubian Jak Community Trust Black History Walks Royal Holloway University Picture courtesy of Royal Holloway University: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/our-alumni/pioneering-women/sarah-parker-remond/
January 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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#OTD (12th January 1859): African - American Abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond arrives at Liverpool after a gruelling 15 day journey from Boston. #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
Photo of Sarah Parker Redmond. Picture courtesy of Irish America: https://www.irishamerica.com/2020/09/sarah-parker-redmond/
January 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM