Black Leaders Awareness Day Black Leaders Awareness Day (BLAD) is observed annually on 18 July for the celebration and recognition of Black Leaders throughout history...

The Memorialisation of Mary Seacole The Statue of Mary Seacole in the Gardens of St. Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth, London is the first in the UK...

Walter Tull Walter Tull is a celebrated Black British footballer and military officer who demonstrated outstanding courage and determination, and trailblazed in his achievements during...

Stella Dadzie The National Black Women’s Conference was a national gathering that brought Black women across Britain together to collectively organise, share experiences and articulate...

Frederick Douglass visited Leicester, March 1847 In early March 1847, Frederick Douglass stood before a Leicester audience at New Hall on Belvoir Street and addressed...

Harriet Tubman Defined by her courageous efforts to lead enslaved people to freedom, Harriet Tubman’s legacy as civil rights activist, military leader, historical figure and...

Pawlet Brookes MBE. CEO and Artistic Director for Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage. Recognition is not simply about celebration. It is about visibility,...

The events that followed the New Cross Massacre In line with the first National Black People’s Day of Action on 2 March 1981, Serendipity Remembers...