There are plenty of ways you can get involved with celebrating the annual Black History Month this October, and we've got a guide on how you can do just that up now. For 2023, celebrations will be focusing on the contributions of black women as well as the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush.
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00:00 Originating in the United States over 50 years ago, Black History Month runs in October each
00:06 year and aims to allow people the opportunity to recognise the achievements of black people
00:10 in Britain and globally. There'll be a whole host of events taking place, here's our round-up
00:15 of a few. In London, a host of famous faces are on the line-up for the Black British Book
00:20 Festival on the 27th and 28th, aiming to banish barriers to entry into the publishing industry.
00:26 In Birmingham, the Mailbox hosts an exhibition to mark 75 years of Windrush and the generation's
00:32 legacy through Dorcas Clubs. Liverpool's Grassroots Blackfest has returned this year with a programme
00:37 of music, fashion and more taking place across the city. Three of Manchester's libraries,
00:43 Brooklands, Gorton and Abraham Moss, will be teaming up to host a series of free workshops
00:48 allowing people to research inspirational black women through comics. This is just a
00:52 sampling of what's on offer across the month though, with hundreds of local and national
00:56 events happening across October.
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