Paul Crooks is unique among Black History Month speakers discussing engaging topics relating to the experience of Black British & North American people.

In this talk, Paul will take you on a journey through the most enlightening periods Black history from to the modern era. He will

• highlight key topics and events along the epic Black History timeline
• emphasise events where people from the Motherland, North America and from Britain have taken action – on a grand scale – to shape their future and the future of others.
• This talk is designed primarily to help improve the self-respect of Black Britons and North Americans, and give them a brighter, more optimistic outlook. It’s also designed to help other people view Black people with more appreciative eyes.

Who Is This Talk For?

People are inspired and motivated by learning about the inspirational people and historical events that make up where we are today. Stories of ancestors who resisted racial injustice can fire the imagination and spur individuals to higher levels of achievement or performance in their work and personal life.

The talk is suitable for you if you want to develop your knowledge and understanding of black history

About The Speaker

Paul Crooks is unique as a published author and genealogist with a specialist interest in Black ancestry and African Caribbean history. He came to prominence with his pioneering research into African Caribbean genealogy During the 1990s, when he became the first to trace his family history back 6 generations, from London to his ancestors captured off the West African coast 200 years ago. He discovered his ancestors were enslaved on a sugar plantation in Jamaica. His books, Ancestors and A Tree Without Roots - The Guide To Tracing British, African and Asian Caribbean Ancestry brought him international recognition for his breakthrough research into Black ancestry.

Paul appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? with Moira Stuart as the expert in African Caribbean family history. He is credited with inspiring an upsurge in interest in Black and British ancestry. He is also recognised for having spawned an industry in African Caribbean genealogy.

Ancestors (fiction) by Paul Crooks

Tree Without Roots - The Guide To Tracing British, African And Asian Caribbean Ancestry (non-fiction) by Paul Crooks

Premium Ticket holders

Premium Ticket holders will receive the Black History's Ancient and Medieval Timeline interactive PowerPoint following the event. See demonstration video below.

• Be sure to follow Black History Speaker Paul Crooks on Eventbrite!
• Ancestry Talks with Paul Crooks website

How to gain access to this event

This talk will be held over Zoom. Details of how to join the session will be in your registration confirmation email.

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