The history of African, Caribbean and Asian people and their contributions to Scottish history is often forgotten or relegated to a ‘bit part’ but we want to provide an opportunity to promote an inclusive history of Scotland.

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Whilst CRER co-ordinates a programme for Black History Month, we also recognise that one month in a year is not acceptable. This is backed up by a  report from the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) who recommended “that Scotland’s school curricula [should] contain a balanced account of the history of British Empire and colonialism, including slavery and other grave human rights violations.”

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Therefore we want to bring Black History to an audience that is generally unaware of Scotland’s connections to all of this.