education – Manchester Historian

Len Johnson was a black British boxer and communist who competed from 1920 to 1933. He was born in Clayton, Manchester in October 1902. His father was from Sierra Leone, while his mother was born in Manchester. His ideas against racism caused him to take a public stand against discrimination & bigotry.

Contemporarily, we often learn of identities through mainstream media and popular culture. Being black, you soon realise the restricted identities the media portray you as are simply inadequate. Black men are aggressive, Black women are angry, and the only way we can rise to the top is through the sport and entertainment industries. But where else can we go to find ourselves? Be encouraged to keep going when all odds seem to be against us?

Michael Gove has recently suggested that the revisionist critiques of the First World War amount to no more than ‘undergraduate cynicism’. Vivienne Delliou-Daly defends the study of history and explains why the inconvenient truths of history cannot be ignored.

With Malala, the girl shot by the Taliban in Afghanistan, recently hitting the headlines again Vivienne Delliou-Daly shows that girls’ schooling is still a relatively recent phenomenon.

Hannah Mcguinn reviews the Manchester Museum, a must-visit for all history grads but not only because of its proximity.