BLACK HISTORY ‘MONTH’ 2013 @ BRIMSHAM GREEN

•What is Black History Month all about?

•Why do we mark Black History Month at Brimsham Green?

Week beginning Monday 21st October 2013

WHY DO WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH?

• To promote knowledge of black history• To know our roots• To promote equality• To show us role models• To prepare you for life in a diverse, multi-racial

society

• In the United Kingdom we have celebrated Black History Month every October since 1987.

• There are some excellent events organised each year and in 2013 there will be something like 4,700 Black History Month events across the UK.

• This statue is in Parliament Square in London.

Who is he?- First black president of

South Africa- Spent 27 years in

prison- He is famous for

fighting against racial prejudice (‘apartheid’)

THIS YEAR’S THEME IS:MANDELA’S LIFE AND TIMES

• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

• “Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”

• “I detest (hate) racism, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.”

• “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects others.”

MANDELA IN PRISON

THIS IS FROM A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN SUMMER 2013.

• President Barack Obama visits a bleak former prison island off the coast of South Africa to pay tribute to ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela.

• Mr Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island for 18 of the 27 years he spent in jail before becoming the first black president of South Africa.

• The 94-year-old Mr Mandela's faltering health has been the backdrop to President's eight-day Africa trip. South Africa's government says his condition is "critical but stable".

• The US leader describes Mandela as a "personal hero."

MANDELA'S LIFE AND TIMES

• 1918 - Born in the Eastern Cape, South Africa• 1944 - Joined African National Congress (an organisation to end

racism)• 1956 - Charged with high treason, but charges dropped• 1962 - Arrested, convicted of sabotage, sentenced to five years in prison• 1964 - Charged again, sentenced to life• 1990 - Freed from prison• 1993 - Wins Nobel Peace Prize• 1994 - Elected president of South Africa• 1999 - Steps down as leader• 2001 - Diagnosed with cancer• 2004 - Retires from public life• 2005 - Announces his son has died of an HIV/Aids-related illness• 2010 - Appears at football World Cup

N E L S O N M A N D E L A C L I P

HTTP://WWW.BIOGRAPHY.COM/PEOPLE/NELSON-MANDELA-9397017/VIDEOS/NELSON-MANDELA-LEGACY-25592899585

Mandela’s prison cell on Robben Island.

Cheering supporters hold up posters during Mandela’s successful presidential campaign in 1994.

A statue of Nelson Mandela outside the Droot Drankenstein Prison near Cape Town, South Africa.

Mandela stood down as President of South Africa in 1999.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE INVOLVED?WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?• This week’s feature film, lunchtimes in the Study Centre is Invictus – the

film opens with the release of Mandela from prison in 1990…

• Please visit the fantastic BHM display in the Study Centre this week. There will be a comment box with prizes for the most reflective/interesting comment about black history.

• Why not try a fiction book linked with a black history theme?

• Look out in the Science Department for posters of famous black scientists!

• Look out for the display in reception this week on this year’s theme

• Check out www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk

WHO IS YOUR INSPIRATION?

We know of lots of talented black and asian people.