Black people will not be respected until our history is respected Benjamin Zephaniah
almost 5 years in The guardian
My teachers, and the police who beat me up, all thought our past had no value. But now there’s hope things might change
I wish we didn’t need a Black History Month. But we really do. We need it now more than ever.
Once upon a time there was no such month here, but there was one in the United States. Talk about the need for a British version went round and round for years, until in 1987 the idea was put to the Labour politician Linda Bellos. Bellos was someone I had met a couple of times, but we had stood together on many protests and demonstrations. She was able to stay revolutionary, and lead Lambeth council at the same time. Continue reading...
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