Dr Ray Costello
Black Lives in Manchester and the North West at the Time of the 1945 Pan African Congress
15 October 2020
Black Lives in Manchester and the North West at the Time of the 1945 Pan African Congress
The Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage (MCPHH) is delighted to be hosting a talk by Dr Ray Costello followed by a Live Q&A session to mark the 75th anniversary of the Pan African Congress Conference in Manchester. Dr Costello’s talk will examine Black Lives in Manchester and the North West at the time of the 1945 Pan African Congress.
Dr Ray Costello is a former Adviser for Racial Equality for Liverpool Education Authority Schools Inspection Department. He is now an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Liverpool School of Sociology, an Historical Consultant for Merseyside Maritime Museum, National Museums Liverpool (NML) and a board member of the Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS). He has been involved with many radio and television programmes and has a number of publications. His latest book is Black Tommies: British soldiers of African descent in the First World War, Liverpool University Press, 2015.
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The Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage (MCPHH) explores the complex economic, social and cultural inter-relationships which connect people, places and the past, from the choices made in conserving and commemorating visual and material culture to the intangible practices of heritage handed down from generation to generation. The MCPHH emphasis on encouraging communities and individuals to engage actively with history builds on the long-established work of the Manchester Centre for Regional History, established in 1998. Its many engagement projects include community archaeology, collaborative partnerships with museums and archives across the UK, and international heritage research in Europe and south Asia. The Centre aims to bridge the gap between academia and the public and become recognised internationally for excellence in publicly engaged research.
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