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#DidYouKnow that #Wales🏴 is home to the oldest continuous #Black community in #Britain🇬🇧? From now until the end of #BlackHistoryMonth, we are going to be sharing facts+information about #Black heritage in #Wales to highlight hidden histories
#BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory 1/
#BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory 1/
Check out this website from @TigerBayWorld called "the Heritage and Cultural Exchange Archive". There is a wealth of resources including #OralHistory 🗣️, photographs and documents 2/
hcearchive.org.uk/collection-tree
#Hanes #Cymru #Treftadaeth #HanesDu #MisHanesDu #TigerBay
hcearchive.org.uk/collection-tree
#Hanes #Cymru #Treftadaeth #HanesDu #MisHanesDu #TigerBay
It's not "different" in #Cardiff 🏴. Cardiff is home to the oldest continuous Black community in the #UnitedKingdom🇬🇧. Historically, Cardiff🏴 had one of the largest #Black communities in the #UK🇬🇧. #BlackLivesMatter now, and throughout history. 1/
Mahmood Hussein Mattan, pictured below, was a sailor from #Somaliland and worked as a merchant seamen. His work brought him to #TigerBay in #Cardiff, #Wales 🏴.
Here is a photograph of Mahmood. 2/
Here is a photograph of Mahmood. 2/
He wrongfully convicted of the murder of Lily Volpert on 6 March 1952, and the murder took place in the dockland area of South Cardiff, Wales🏴. Within a few hours Mattan was questioned by the Cardiff City Police+ten days later he was charged with Volpert's murder. 3/
📢📢Announcement📢📢
We asked you if you wanted an open-access syllabus, you said yes.
We've created an open-access #GoogleDocument📝 with resources about #CardiffRaceRiots1919 and #RaceRiots in #Newport
Visit us here: tinyurl.com/1919syllabus
#Cymru #Hanes #Caerdydd #History
We asked you if you wanted an open-access syllabus, you said yes.
We've created an open-access #GoogleDocument📝 with resources about #CardiffRaceRiots1919 and #RaceRiots in #Newport
Visit us here: tinyurl.com/1919syllabus
#Cymru #Hanes #Caerdydd #History
@NeilevansEvans @adefaded1 @OlivetteOtele @BhmUK @rcccymru @Saqibd @ShereenWilliams @Kasuutta @TheCardiffStory @pplscollection 2. Our first list is on #Newport, including @ShaheenCymru's piece on #NewportRaceRiots published on @WalesArtsReview, also available below
walesartsreview.org/remembering-th…
#NewportRaceRiots1919
walesartsreview.org/remembering-th…
#NewportRaceRiots1919
3. In fact, it was @ShaheenCymru who recommended Peter Fryer's 'Staying Power: History of Black Britain" to us a few years ago
plutobooks.com/9780745338309/…
#CardiffRaceRiots1919
plutobooks.com/9780745338309/…
#CardiffRaceRiots1919
Here are some clippings about the #Cardiff1919Raceriots in the The Cambria Daily Leader. This is in today's edition, Saturday 14th June 1919
#CardiffRaceRiots1919
#Hanes #Cymru #Newyddion #Caerdydd
#CardiffRaceRiots1919
#Hanes #Cymru #Newyddion #Caerdydd
Here's some more information about the #CambriaLeader. It's published in #Swansea, so these are a screenshot I took from @LLGCymru online because i haven't managed to make it to #Swansea today
#CardiffRaceRiots
#CardiffRaceRiots
#DidYouKnow that the word Cambria comes from #Latin🇮🇹? It's a romanised version of the word #Cymru that was used by the Romans
1. On Friday 6th June 1919, there was a #RaceRiot in the city of #Newport in #Gwent, #SouthWales. What happened in #Newport had a huge overwhelming effect on #RaceRelations for years to come. Here's a clipping from @nytimes about the #riot
2. As @renireni pointed out in Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race:
"Riots always seem to kick off in the summer." 🔥🔥🔥
In 1919, there were riots in:
🔸#Chicago
🔸#Baltimore
🔸#Omaha
🔸#Newport
🔸#Liverpool
+ and more
#Cymraeg #History #Cymru #Hanes
"Riots always seem to kick off in the summer." 🔥🔥🔥
In 1919, there were riots in:
🔸#Chicago
🔸#Baltimore
🔸#Omaha
🔸#Newport
🔸#Liverpool
+ and more
#Cymraeg #History #Cymru #Hanes
3. According to the #history, a #black man insulted a #white woman in #Newport, which lead to an altercation. It kicked off in #GeorgeStreet [see below], where 3000 white people formed into a mob and attacked the houses of the two black people on the street.
