{"id":29188,"date":"2023-10-09T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=245351"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:12:54","slug":"is-black-history-still-being-overlooked","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked\/","title":{"rendered":"Is black history still being overlooked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> As the UK marks Black History Month, three expert historians discuss whether the focus on black history sparked by 2020&#8217;s global protests has been maintained <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Matt Elton\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 09 October 2023 at 06:33 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>As the UK marks Black History Month, a panel of expert historians \u2013 Hannah Cusworth, Pamela Roberts and Hakim Adi \u2013 tackle some of the biggest questions around bringing black histories to light. Speaking to Matt Elton, they explore the value of Black History Month in highlighting stories that may otherwise be obscured \u2013 and whether the focus on black history sparked by 2020\u2019s global protests has been maintained.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-245351-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/isblackhistorybeingoverlooked-8879e1a.mp3?_=1\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/isblackhistorybeingoverlooked-8879e1a.mp3\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/isblackhistorybeingoverlooked-8879e1a.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Related links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/21st-century\/black-histories-overlooked\/\">Are black histories still being overlooked?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/20th-century\/black-history-month-uk-history-when-launched-why-october\/\">Black History Month: what is it, historians on its relevance, plus 7 articles you should read<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> As the UK marks Black History Month, three expert historians discuss whether the focus on black history sparked by 2020&#8217;s global protests has been maintained <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29189,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/10\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/10\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/10\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/10\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/10\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/10\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/10\/is-black-history-still-being-overlooked.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"As the UK marks Black History Month, three expert historians discuss whether the focus on black history sparked by 2020's global protests has been maintained","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/29188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}