Black History and Getty Images, new resources

Above: Brother poses with his new Rolls Royce, London 1932

Getty Images Black History & Culture collection (BHCC) is a collection of imagery related to the histories and cultures of the African Black Diaspora in the US and UK largely from the 19th and 20th centuries, supplemented with relevant contemporary imagery (post 2000). This collection will be free of charge, for non-commercial use in support of empowering Black visual storytellers in producing works which educate audiences on Black history. There are approximately 30,000 images in the collection in total. The collection is for projects that take Black history and culture as the central theme, with the aim of educating audiences and inspiring new narratives.

To help launch the collection, Black History Walks in partnership with Getty Images, will take you through a selection of those images while telling the amazing stories of the various London and international locations.

We will cover:

• Rich, Black and Famous 1930s London
• Literature and art
• Resistance, Revolution, Black British Civil Rights
• Beauty and Travel
• Entertainment
• Black Panthers UK and USA
• Motown, Boogie Woogie and Soul
• Royalty, Religion and Escape

This is an online event at 7pm UK (GMT) time please check your junk mail for confirmation links

Other coming events from Black History Walks

• Black History River Cruise
• Black History Bus Tour
• Stamps, Statues and Star Trek
• 20 Banned Black films you need to see
• Black image in the National Gallery
• Theatreland Black History walk
• African Superheroes Day
• Spirit of the Pharoah Caribbean Superheroes
• Hackney/St Paul's Bank Black History Walk
• 15 Years of African Odysseys anniversary events
• Call of Duty Black History Breakdown
• Black filmmakers (bfm) empire with Nadia Denton
• Harlem in Mayfair Black History Walk