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Category: Black History

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  • A costumed renenactor playing John Edmonstone poses beside a model of Edinburgh

    Five fascinating people from Georgian Edinburgh 

    04 November 2022, Black History, World Heritage
  • Black woman in period dress

    Dorothea Thomas: A Lasting Legacy

    28 October 2022, Black History, Women's History
  • head and shoulders of a young Black boy looking off to the side - Scipio Kennedy, illustrated by Jacqueline Briggs

    Scipio Kennedy, from Africa to Ayrshire

    21 October 2022, Black History
  • An older black man in mid-1800s clothing (James McCune Smith) imposed over an engraving of Glasgow's Old College and cathedral.

    James McCune Smith: An Outcast from the Land of the Free

    14 April 2022, Black History
  • an illustration of a Black man wearing glasses holding a stuffed owl

    Stuffed birds and a missing plaque: The story of John Edmonstone

    29 October 2021, Black History
  • A view looking over St Andrews Castle and towards the town

    Black History Month in St Andrews

    01 October 2021, Black History, Heritage
  • Ornate decorations above a doorway. The words "Albert Hall" can faintly be read above the door.

    The Edinburgh Colour Bars

    14 January 2021, Black History, South Asian Heritage
  • A photograph of a man with curly grey hair, wearing an elaborate jacket

    Echoes of Ethiopia: The James Bruce Monument

    04 November 2020, Black History, Heritage
  • An archive photograph of a library

    Another Edinburgh

    29 October 2020, Archives, Black History, Storytelling
  • A close up of Frederick Douglass' bearded face on a mural

    Frederick Douglass: Scotland’s Anti-slavery Agent

    16 October 2020, Black History
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