{"id":3711,"date":"2024-10-01T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=3711"},"modified":"2024-10-01T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:46:21","slug":"black-history-month-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/10\/01\/black-history-month-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3712 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/10\/bhm4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The theme for this year\u2019s Black History Month \u2018Reclaiming Narratives\u2019 and marks a significant shift towards recognising and correcting the narratives of Black history and culture.<\/p>\n<p>The main aims of Black History Month are to celebrate the achievements and contributions of black people throughout the world and to educate all on black history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3713 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/10\/NEW-benjamin-zephaniah-bhm24-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/10\/NEW-benjamin-zephaniah-bhm24-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/10\/NEW-benjamin-zephaniah-bhm24.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the University of Birmingham, from staff members exploring their own generational narratives at our panel events, the power of storytelling through our various film screenings and lectures, to reclaiming the narrative of our campus through Heritage Walks, we have weaved the theme throughout our programme.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the events at the UoB during Black History Month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/events\/black-history-month\/index.aspx\">https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/events\/black-history-month\/index.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme for this year\u2019s Black History Month \u2018Reclaiming Narratives\u2019 and marks a significant shift towards recognising and correcting the narratives of Black history and culture. The main aims of Black History Month are to celebrate the achievements and contributions of black people throughout the world and to educate all on black history. At the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/10\/01\/black-history-month-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Black History Month&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":3713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3716,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711\/revisions\/3716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}