Events across October in Birmingham will include a food history tour and Windrush textiles.
One of the exhibitions features images taken by photographer Vanley Burke to show "the Black British experience"host this talk at Aston Hall on 12 OctoberShe will share stories of the people enslaved at a plantation in Barbados by Lady Sarah Holte, third wife of Sir Lister Holte, who lived at the Hall from their marriage in 1755 to her death in 1794.
will showcase Handsworth's food history from Georgian treats to flavours from around the worldwho and what was Dorcas through the lens of textile crafts, fashion and Dorcas ClubsSuch clubs allowed groups of people, usually based in a church, to provide clothing to the poor and Windrush descendent Rose Sinclair drew on the story of her mother's club for the exhibition.
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