Awareness month · October
Black History Month
Celebrate. Learn. Connect.
Black History Month celebrates cultural diversity and liberty by shining a light on the people who have changed the course of history, to educate and empower others.
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New
The Black Experience Guide
We know how important it is to have support that reflects you, and opportunities to meet like-minded people and build meaningful connections. That's why we're proud to share the new Black Experience Guide.
It brings together insights, experiences and recommendations from Black students and staff, with tailored suggestions for places, services and communities across Liverpool. It aims to reduce the barriers that come with unfamiliarity, and help students feel more connected, supported and confident.
Created with key partners across LJMU and JMSU, the guide includes staff perspectives too, so students can see themselves reflected in the university community, and staff can find resources that resonate with their own experiences and identities.
More guides on the way
The guide is part of a growing set of community-led resources celebrating the diversity of LJMU and JMSU. Coming soon:
Neurodivergent students
LGBTQ+ students
Northern Irish students
Want to know more or get involved? Email studentvoice@ljmu.ac.uk
Read
Books
Our picks for this month, from memoirs and essays to fiction you won't put down.
More books (22)
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- Happy to Be Nappy by bell hooks
- Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou
- Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Antagonists, Advocates and Allies by Catrice M. Jackson
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- I Will Not Be Erased by gal-dem
- White Privilege Unmasked by Judy Ryde
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Women, Race and Class by Angela Y. Davis
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Making All Black Lives Matter by Barbara Ransby
- From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
- Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
- Taking Up Space by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi
Watch
Films and TV
Documentaries, dramas and comedies to watch this month.
More films and TV (26)
- Abbott Elementary
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Bel-Air
- Barbershop: The Next Cut
- Pose
- Akeelah and the Bee
- Jump In
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
- Class of 3000
- The Boondocks
- Acrimony
- Empire
- Black-ish
- For Colored Girls
- The Princess and the Frog
- Brown Sugar
- Insecure
- See You Yesterday
- Clemency
- Strong Island
- Fruitvale Station
- Whose Streets?
- Seven Seconds
- Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
- Castlevania: Nocturne
- Moana
Listen
Podcasts
Press play to listen here, or open them in Spotify.
Support
Support for the Black community
Organisations offering therapy, wellbeing support and spaces to connect.
The BIPOC Project
Learn moreBlack, African and Asian Therapy Network
Find a therapistBlack Thrive
Learn moreMind: Young Black Men
Learn moreSharing Voices
A community mental health organisation supporting diverse minority communities.
Learn more
UK Black therapists and mental health organisations
A shared directory of Black therapists and organisations across the UK.
Discover
Help shape the next guide
Share your experiences, recommendations and tips to help create guides that celebrate identity, support wellbeing and empower future students.
Social media accounts
10 steps to non-optical allyship
@mireillecharper5 self-care tips for Black students
@kentunionGood news stories
@goodgoodgoodcoBlack Lives Matter designs
@courtneyahndesignAllyship against injustice towards the Black community
@osmansalahuddinMore accounts to follow (9)