{"id":161,"date":"2021-10-19T14:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/?p=161"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:47:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:47:59","slug":"black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/2021\/10\/19\/black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspired by the Black Lives Matter Movement and our continued committment to diversifying the Medicine in Literature Collection, we are celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black writers across the globe, by throwing a promotional spotlight on the literary works and stories about belonging and cross-cultural identity.\u00a0Please feel free to dip in! Let&#8217;s continue the work of raising awareness and challenging racism in our society, celebrating diversity by increasing positive representation for all and checking our own privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/files\/2021\/10\/black-history-month-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/files\/2021\/10\/black-history-month-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/files\/2021\/10\/black-history-month-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/files\/2021\/10\/black-history-month-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/files\/2021\/10\/black-history-month-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/files\/2021\/10\/black-history-month-1-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/files\/2021\/10\/black-history-month-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about Black British History, including the historical roots of racism and the Windrush Scandal, please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Library Guide <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/edi\/raceequality\">https:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/edi\/raceequality<\/a>. The following YouTube clip featuring Akala is a great introduction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akala x Black British History : An Introduction - Part 1\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3iHQUxpqqcs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by the Black Lives Matter Movement and our continued committment to diversifying the Medicine in Literature Collection, we are celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black writers across the globe, by throwing a promotional spotlight on the literary works and stories about belonging and cross-cultural identity.\u00a0Please feel free to dip in! Let&#8217;s continue the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7568"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/medlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}