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Photograph of Amy Barbour-James

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Black and white photograph of Amy Barbour-James

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Taken at the studio of G.A.Lee in Shepherds Bush; about AD 1907.

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Studio black and white photograph of Caroline Barbour-James

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First wife of John Barbour-James; about AD 1890s (Green/3/3/3).

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Joseph Barbour-James

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Black and white photograph featuring Joseph Barbour-James, Amy Barbour-James' brother, in his local football team for Springfield College in Acton, Ealing; AD1908 –1909 (Green/3/3/4).

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John Barbour-James as a young man

Source: jeffreygreen.co.uk

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John Barbour-James in the 1930s

Source: jeffreygreen.co.uk

Visit the site http://www.jeffreygreen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/John-Barbour-James-late-1930s.jpg

Amy Barbour-James, mid-1930s

Source: npg.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw198297/Amy-Barbour-James?LinkID=mp124167&role=sit&rNo=0

Letterhead of the League of Coloured Peoples, 1942

Source: jeffreygreen.co.uk

Visit the site http://www.jeffreygreen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ABJ-LCP-11.jpg

Black Victorians

Source: bbc.net.uk

Images from exhibition in 2005 at the Manchester Art Gallery.

Visit the site http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4294644.stm

Black Chronicles II

Source: autograph-abp.co.uk

19th and 20th century photographs.

Visit the site http://autograph-abp.co.uk/exhibitions/black-chronicles-ii

Black History 4 Schools

Source: blackhistory4schools.com

Series of classroom resources tracing the history of black presence in Britain from the Tudor period to the 20th century.

Visit the site http://www.blackhistory4schools.com/resources.html

West Indian Soldiers in World War I

Source: iwm.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/west-indian-soldiers-in-the-first-world-war

Black soldiers in World War II; with further links

Source: blackpresence.co.uk

Visit the site http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/black-british-soldiers-the-forgotten-fighters/

London’s black history: some key personalities

Source: museumoflondon.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/schools/classroom-homework-resources/diverse-london-resources/london-black-history-personalities/

The story of Dido Elizabeth Belle

Source: scone-palace.co.uk

Visit the site http://scone-palace.co.uk/dido-elizabeth-belle-her-story-1761-1804

Outside the classroom



Here are some relevant museums and sites to visit.

Black Cultural Archives, London

Source: bcaheritage.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.bcaheritage.org.uk

Imperial War Museum, London

Source: iwm.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.iwm.org.uk

International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

Source: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/

Scone Palace (location of Dido Elizabeth Belle painting), Perth, Scotland

Source: scone-palace.co.uk

Visit the site http://www.scone-palace.co.uk/

British Museum

Source: britishmuseum.org

Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org
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Photograph of Amy Barbour-James