Black History Conversations

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20 6 25  - It was with real sadness that we heard of Sir Geoff Palmer's passing - he was a great and supportive friend of Black History Conversations -  join Dr Vivian Crawford, Garrick Prayogg and Liz Millman to remember his kindness and the fantastic work he did professionally and as a historian. Please refer to ....

https://university.open.ac.uk/scotland/news/blogs/GeoffPalmer

And there are so many tributes and other links online

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13 6 25  - we welcomed Dr. Richard R. Follett, Professor of History Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA. to talk about Thomas Fowell Buxton in conversation with Dr Vivian Crawford who is passionate about the support that Thomas Fowell Buxton, an Antislavery Abolitionist, gave Jamaica  to establish Mico College - and who followed William Wilberforce to lead the UK campains that eventually abolished slavery. 

Black History Conversations started again in Jan 2025 at 1.30pm on Fridays or 8.30am in Jamaica or whatever time it is wherever you are in the world and we started this season with informal conversations. This has proved fascinating - never knowing who would joining to update us about their research - whether formal or informal.

One of the sessions brought Norbert Mbu-Mputu, who has been a supporter of Black History Conversations over the years, to speak about  "Morel and the Congo Reform Association Revisited”? This outlined the atrocities, genocide, and/or holocaust in the DRC (Since 1996): drawing inspiration from Edmund Morel (1873-1924) and his anti-Leopold II's Congo Reform Association (1904-1913).