Black Pasts, Birmingham Futures aims to provide a strategy and framework for building historical records of Black peoples' lives and experiences in Birmingham to date

Black Pasts, Birmingham Futures is a five year project which aims to provide a strategy and framework for building historical records of Black peoples' lives and experiences in Birmingham to date.

Initiated in 1999 by Birmingham Museums Service and Birmingham University's School of Education, the project is currently being developed by a cross-sector working group. The group is focusing on building links between those involved in the areas of Black history, cultural identities, race and ethnicity - within museums, archive and library services, in higher education, schools and community organisations.

Central objectives are to generate greater awareness of the history and presence of Black people(s) in Birmingham and ensure a wider and more permanent representation in the City's museum and archive collections, academic research, teaching and lifelong learning programmes.

Initiatives currently in progress include:

Black History Resources Database - development of a directory of black history projects undertaken to date or in progress. If you have details of any resources that should be included on this database, or you would like more information, contact; Sarah Blackstock @ Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 0121 464 1169 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

'Cultures and Communities in the Learning City' - Birmingham University's School of Education and Birmingham City Council's Education Department are developing a teaching module to support learning about cultural heritages and identities, race equality and citizenship within schools and other educational institutions. For further information on this module, contact Ian Grosvenor, School of Education, The University of Birmingham, B15 2TT , 0121 414 4828

Using History to Build Community is a pilot project funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, and is designed to involve teachers working with local communities and young people to develop multicultural history materials which bring the lives and experiences of minority ethnic communities in Birmingham into the school, and thereby the national curriculum. The project will resource an 'inclusive' curriculum, which openly celebrates cultural diversity.

For more information on this project, contact Rita McLean, Head of Community Museums on 0121 303 4029 or Ian Grosvenor as above

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