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The History Hotline
by Deanna Lyncook
The History Hotline is the hottest line for all things Black history and beyond... A space to have honest conversations about Black history and how it impacts the world we live in. We’re here to explore some of the facets of Black history ignored by the mainstream, your teachers and the textbooks.
Episodes
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Asking Darcus. Ep. 3: The Devil's Advocate
In the final episode of this mini series, Deanna, Weyland and Athian Akec trace how Darcus Howe carried C.L.R. James’ radical tradition from Black Power organising and Race Today into prime-time British TV, from The Bandung File to Devil’s Advocate. Through interviews, archive and biography, we...
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Asking Darcus. Ep 2. Darcus Howe: Caribbean Global Consciousness to Black Power in Britain
In this episode, we trace Darcus Howe’s journey from Caribbean “global consciousness” and Trinidad’s Black Power uprising to the Mangrove Nine, the Race Today Collective and political organising in Britain. This episode uncovers how Howe built institutions, challenged the state and became a key...
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Asking Darcus. Ep 1: Who is Darcus Howe?
On Jan 4th 2022, Darcus Howe was honoured at the unveiling of a Nubian Jack plaque in Brixton. But who is Darcus Howe? In Part 1 of this series, we explore Howe’s politics, his relationship with C. L. R. James, and the Caribbean radical tradition behind his life’s work. This episode features: Dr...
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150: Goodbye for now. The History Hotline live show ft. Dr Jade Bentil
4 incredible years and 150 episodes of The History Hotline later, the show has come to an end. I have decided to take a long break from podcasting and can't make any promises as to when I will be back. Thank you all for your support tuning into this podcast, this last episode is taken from the…
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149: The Caribbean and the Second World War with Colin Douglas
"This was a continuation of the British Caribbean Experience: fighting with Britain during global wars, and during times of peace fighting British authorities for justice." This week I am joined by author Colin Douglas discussing his book 'The Caribbean and the Second World War'. We discuss the...
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148: Deportation and Immigration ft. Hannah Gaffey
In November 2023, Hannah Gaffey on her flight to Kingston, Jamaica witnessed what she believed to be a deportation. After standing with other passengers to stop the plane taking off, the passenger then unknown to her was removed from the flight along with the 6 security personnel that were...
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147: Archiving Black Life with Rebecca Adams
This week I'm joined by Rebecca Adams, archivist at the Stuart Hall Archives housed at the University of Birmingham. We talk about the importance of archiving Black life in Britain and how it informs our historical research. The life of the educational psychologist Mollie Hunte and why she…
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146: Pardna ft. Paul Henriques
Live events: The Imperial War Museum live show, 4pm, 19th October 2024. This week I'm joined by Paul Henriques to speak about the financial savings system Pardna, it's been successfully used all over the world and now it's in app form. Listen in to find out more about how Caribbean people in...
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145: Jamaican Teachers and the Windrush Scandal
Live events: The Imperial War Museum live show, 4pm, 19th October 2024. Articles Cited: Amelia Gentleman: 'Home Office forced to release critical report on origins of Windrush scandal' Wawrick Mansel, 'Jamaican teachers at leading UK academy chain paid less than their British colleagues' Prof.…
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144: Current Reads
Live events: The Imperial War Museum live show, 4pm, 19th October 2024 Just an episode full of the books I'm currently reading, some Black British History and some not so much. Books mentioned: Blazing Trails: Stories of a Heroic Generation - Gus John Multicultural Britain: A People's History -...
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143: A longer history of the far right
Live events: The Imperial War Museum live show, 4pm, 19th October 2024. On today’s episode I will be thinking about the far right. I’ll be continuing to think about this idea of 'little change' from last week and into next week. We'll be looking at the longer history of anti-immigrant sentiment…
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142: Policing Notting Hill Carnival
Live events: The live podcast show at Kings Place, 2pm on 15th September 2024. The Imperial War Museum live show, 4pm, 19th October 2024. On today’s episode I will be thinking about policing Notting Hill Carnival. I’ll be continuing to think about this idea of 'little change' from last week and...
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141: Policing and Black People
Live events: The live podcast show at Kings Place, 2pm on 15th September 2024. The Imperial War Museum live show, 4pm, 19th October 2024. On today’s episode I will be thinking about policing and how little has changed since my grandparents came in the 1950s and 1960s. I’ll be thinking about this...
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140: The far right in 2024
This week's episode discusses the current racial climate in the UK with the far-right taking to the streets in the name of 'protecting Britain', whilst burning hotels and libraries, vandalising public and private property and causing chaos and inflicting violence. We talk about this within the...
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139: The Forgotten Generations ft. Donald Campbell
This week we are joined by special guest Donald Campbell of The Forgotten Generations. TFG founded June 2021, is a not-for-profit organisation with aims and objectives to provide historical and current information of British African and Caribbean people for educational purposes. It was a pleasure...
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138: Children's Literature ft. Kandace Chimbiri
On this week’s episode of The History Hotline, I am joined by Kandace Chimbiri, children’s author and speaker dedicated to teaching children (and adults) about modern and ancient Black history. We spoke about her love of Black History, from ancient African civilisations to the post-war migrations...
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137: Immigration and Norman Manley's visit to Birmingham, 1961
Live show tickets!! This week's episode looks at Norman Manley's visit to Birmingham, caught up in the political debate on immigration in 1961. It explores his motivations for coming and what that says about the transnational links between the migrated populations of commonwealth countries and...
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136: All Eyes on Rafah
This week's episode is all about, UK elections, the ongoing genocide in Palestine and Sudan and the violence in Congo! We're having a live show, tickets available here! If you want to follow us on socials, click here
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135: The Black People's Day of Action (1981)
The Black People's Day of Action (1981) was a direct response to the New Cross Massacre that led to the deaths of 14 young Black people in New Cross, South London, 1981. This week I am thinking about the mobilisations and uprising of people we are currently witnessing across University campuses…
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134: Academic Life, PhDs and Jamaican Women ft. Alexandria Miller
This week's episode features the brilliant Alexandria Miller who is a historian, writer, and multimedia documentarian who is passionate about capturing Caribbean stories. This episode we talk about our academic journeys, doing a PhD and some of the differences in studying Caribbean history for a…
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133: How did bun and cheese become a Good Friday staple?
Have you ever wondered how bun and cheese became Jamaica's Good Friday treat? Tune in to this week's episode to find out more about this history, how it came to be and what it signifies.
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132: Vybz Kartel and the Privy Council
On Thursday 14th March, in a landmark decision the UK’s privy council overturned the murder conviction of the Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, impacting also the ruling on his three co-defendants: Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones and Andre St John. It was overturned due to findings that the...
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131: Bob Marley One Love, An Additional History
An episode based on my undergraduate dissertation that was all about political and religious influences of reggae music in the 1970s, which coincidentally talks us through some of things I wish the Bob Marley: One Love film did not give enough time to. This episodes explores the political context...
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130: Benjamin Zephaniah: Activism and Integrity
“Try to pigeon hole Benjamin Zephaniah at your peril. Poet, writer, lyricist, musician, actor, republican, activist, campaigner, freedom fighter. It’s impossible. His achievements are too plentiful to mention.” – Opening for an interview with Shelley Carter for Birmingham Living magazine.…
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129: The Race Relations Act, 1965
The Race Relations Act was passed in 1965. It set about to formerly criminalise racial discrimination but only certain kinds. This episode we'll be thinking about how successful this was in improving the situation for Black people in Britain, or was it performative and largely unhelpful? For more...
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128: Michael Abbensetts and Empire Road, pt II
The second part of our episodes with Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa and Craig Riley where we continue to discuss the life and legacy of Michael Abbensetts and Empire Road.
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127: What is happening to Guyana?
Why does Venezuela claim Essquibo and what will this mean for Guyana? Currently a referendum is on to Venezuelans to claim part of Guyana which is oil rich, which could mean the annexation of the territory from Guyana. Tune in more to find out about what is happening in the region and how this...
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126: Michael Abbensetts and Empire Road
Join us this week as I chat with Dr Michelle Yaa Asentewa and Craig Riley to talk about Michael Abbensetts and Empire Road. Empire Road is a British television series that was aired by the BBC from 1978 to 1979. It was produced by Peter Ansorge and written by Michael Abbensetts. It was the first...
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125: Literature and Publishing ft Ama Badu
This week we're joined by Ama Badu (English Literature BA, QMUL 2018). Ama is an assistant editor at Faber and Faber. We talk about all things literature, history, publishing and the current state of British society. Connect with us here Follow Ama here Books mentioned: Clean by Juno Dawson, The...
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124: The Christena ship crash, St Kitts and Nevis
In August 1970, the MV Christena, a government owned and operated ferry boat crashed in between the islands of St Kitts and Nevis. This week's episode explores what happened that day and the legacy of such a tragedy for one of Britain's colonies. Follow us on social media here.
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123: Britons can’t name a single Black British historical figure?
A YouGov poll has found that 53% could not name a single Black British historical figure. This was reported in a Guardian article which was shared widely with many comments about the state of the education system amongst other issues with the public perception of Black British history. In this...
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122: Heritage, History and Critical Thinking
After a brief pause (apologies) we're back! This week's episode is all about critical thinking amongst many other things. I talk about my experiences on the Young Archivist course organised by Serendipity.I also think about what is happening in Palestine and how we must critically evaluate and...
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121: Black Voice Survey and New Books
This week we talk about the Black British Voices survey and wider findings (https://www.bbvp.org/) as well new publications within Black British History. Lawrence Wishart Radical Black Women series (https://lwbooks.co.uk/radical-black-women-series) and Preeti Dhillon's new book...
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120: Mary Prince
This month is Black History Month in the UK and the theme is 'Saluting Our Sisters' so this first episode is all about Mary Prince (c.1 788 - c. 1833) who was the first Black woman to publish an autobiography of her experience as an enslaved person. Our socials…
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119: A Black British History Conference
This week's episode reflects on the Black British History conference I co-organised, exploring 'truths' within Black British History... bringing together scholars, students, public historians, practitioners and those in adjacent studies together to discuss the discipline and these are my...
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118: The BPM and Intergenerational Activism ft. Hannah Francis
This week's episode is all about the Black Parents Movement (BPM) and intergenerational activism featuring Hannah Francis. We discuss her chapter in Many Struggles: New Histories of African and Caribbean People In Britain edited by Professor Hakim Adi...
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117: My PhD research
On this week's episode I talk through my PhD research and give you a little bit more of an insight into my current work exploring 'the intergenerational experiences of West Indian children in the British education system in Britain and the West Indies.
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116: Carriacou Big Drum Dance ft. Raafeke
This week we're joined by Raafeke from Parrotbeetie podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2lxVY4Cmn4INPwuyXqI3yY?si=5120fcc66f5e43d4 Our Socials: https://linktr.ee/thehistoryhotline
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115: 'Carnival Queen' at the first London Carnival, 1959.
This week we'll be thinking about the first iteration of Caribbean carnival on British soil, in January 1959. Spearheaded by Claudia Jones and supported through the work of the publication she founded: The West Indian Gazette. We'll explore the carnival and the Carnival Queen beauty contest it...
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114: University of Chichester Suspends Black History Masters Course
You might be just as shocked as we are to find out that The University of Chichester have stopped enrolment onto The History of Africa and the African Diaspora MRes (Masters of Research) and Professor Hakim Adi who worked tirelessly to build the course has been told his post is at risk of...
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113: Windrush75 Reflections
This is an end of season roundup, I'll be discussing Windrush75 "celebrations" and also thinking about some current news topics and updates of events covered in previous episodes such as the Stephen Lawrence case and the case of ChildQ. If you have any episode requests for after the summer break...
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112: The Windrush Scandal pt. II
The arrival of the Windrush ship to Britain in 1948, is the symbolic mark of post-war migration from the Caribbean. It is often credited with being the first (even though it wasn’t) ship to bring people from the Caribbean to Britain and 'Windrush Generation' is now the term given to that…
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111: The Windrush Scandal pt. I
The arrival of the Windrush ship to Britain in 1948, is the symbolic mark of post-war migration from the Caribbean. It is often credited with being the first (even though it wasn’t) ship to bring people from the Caribbean to Britain and 'Windrush Generation' is now the term given to that…
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110: John Richard Archer
John Richard Archer born 8th June 1863, he is most known for being elected Mayor of Battersea in 1913. The first Black mayor of a London borough. We discuss his political career, his acceptance speech and subsequent attitudes towards his race and racism and his legacy. Our socials:...
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109: The 1900 Pan African Conference
Pan Africanism was one of the major political traditions of the 20th century and it was as early as 1898 that Trinidadian Henry Sylvester Williams conceived the idea of a world conference of black people... which took place in 1900 but the vision was very clear, early on from Williams.
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108: Reflections on Jamaica
In the aftermath of King Charles III's coronation I share my thoughts and reflections on my time in Jamaica... considering Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness' absence at the coronation and what that may or may not mean... The question of Jamaica becoming a republic, what the people think…
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107: How we do Black British History ft. Prof. Hakim Adi
This week we are joined by special guest Professor Hakim Adi, speaking about the History Matters Journal, The Young Historians Project, his most recent publication and upcoming special collection. We discuss the lack of Black history teachers, making history more accessible, the impact of BLM on...
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106: The League of Coloured Peoples (LCP)
This week's episode continues on from 105, we'll be thinking about the organisation founded by Dr. Harold Moody... The League of Coloured Peoples (LCP). Links: https://linktr.ee/thehistoryhotline
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105: Dr Harold Moody
The life and times of Dr Harold Moody, the Jamaican born doctor that studied at king's College London in the early 20th century. We discuss his politics, religion and beliefs and think about why some may argue he is an underrated figure of the era. Links: https://linktr.ee/thehistoryhotline
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104: Stephen Lawrence: 30 Years On
On 22nd April 1993, 18 year old Stephen Lawrence was murdered by a gang of white youths in a racially motivated attack. 30 years on from the anniversary of his death, this episode details the battle fought by his family to get justice for Stephen. It explores the policy changes and legislation...
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The History Hotline is the hottest line for all things Black history and beyond... A space to have honest conversations about Black history and how it impacts the world we live in. We’re here to explore some of the facets of Black history ignored by the mainstream, your teachers and the textbooks.
HOSTED BY
Deanna Lyncook
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