Young Black & Asian Men Links

Black and Asian History (Links courtesy of Worcestershire Record Office)

True Vision. The website for reporting hate crimes (homophobic and racist)


Active Citizenship, active diversity and positive tolerance


The AfricanGenWeb Project is part of the WorldGenWeb Project it has assistance and online data for genealogists

The AsianGenWeb Project similar resource to the AfricaGenWeb


BBC History is a site that includes a section on tracing Caribbean family history


Black & Asian Studies Association provides biographical information on historical black figures


Black and British - A family history: A personal account of researching black British family history


Black Britain: This site provides numerous services to black people in the UK. Includes articles on black history


Black Presence in Britain provides information on black history in Britain. Headings on Slavery and Abolition, Armed Forces, Citizens, Education, Health, Entertainment, Newsmakers, Politics and Sport


BLINK - The website of the 1990 Trust, the Black Information Link provides news and press releases. Registered members can post items into relevant sections


Bound for Britain: Public Record Office website about the experiences faced by immigrants arriving in Britain. Includes interaction for schoolchildren


The British Library Oriental and India Office Collection: A collection of material relating to the cultures of Asia and North Africa, as well as the European interation with them


CaribbeanGenWeb: Similar resource to AfricaGenWeb


Caribbean Surnames Index: A list of surnames, linked to geographical areas, which have been submitted by researchers


A database of resources relating to Caribbean studies and the history of Black and Asian people in the UK. A pilot project. Currently holds a sample of about 400 records


Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick: The centre concentrates its efforts and resources in producing research and scolarship on all aspects of the Caribbean, as well as encouraging study of the Caribbean in an Atlantic context


Channel 4 Black and Asian History Map: A gateway to websites about Black and Asian history in the UK


Chronicle World: Provides information, news and ideas about black life in modern Britain. Includes a history of black British footballers


Community World UK: A guide to online web communities and community websites in the UK, including a selection on ethnic communities


The Empire Windrush's voyage and arrival in Britain: A history of the arrival of Caribbean immigrants into Britain


Family History in India: The website for people tracing their British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in India


Family Search - A large collection of resources for researching family history around the world


Images of the Black Victorians: Photographs and a history of black people in Britain during the Victoria age


Jamacian Family Search: A genealogical research site for Jamacia, including transcripts of records, a glossary and historical background information



Memories and experiences of Caribbean, South Asia, Irish and Jewish people coming to England from the 1840's to the present day


Olandah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African - Biography of a slave who eventually earned his freedom and became involved in the movement to abolish the slave trade


Operation Black Vote - An explanation of the background to black history, along with further black history articles and links


School of Oriental & African Studies - SOAS is the only higher education institution in the UK that specialises in the study of Asia and Africa. It holds an important collection of archives and manuscripts relating to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific


South Africa Society - A group which serves the needs of the South African Community living in the UK and beyond


The Voice - Britain's Black newspaper online


Tredworth in Gloucester, black history map project


An interactive community of African Americans worldwide


Where there's a Will: Genealogy and Black Britons in the 18th century - Article on researching black family history in the UK


 
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