We started this project back in 2015, and since then, a lot has changed. There is a growing number of campaigns, petitions, people and organisations working hard to raise awareness of the whitewashing of British history and hold the government and institutions to account to do something about it. Please support their work.

Sign the petition to make Britain's colonial past part of the UK's compulsory curriculum

Currently, it is not compulsory for primary or secondary school students to be educated on Britain's role in colonisation, or the transatlantic slave trade. We petition the government to make education on topics such as these compulsory, with the ultimate aim of a far more inclusive curriculum.

 

Support The Black Curriculum Project

The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise founded in 2019 by young people to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum. We believe that by delivering arts focused Black history programmes, providing teacher training and campaigning through mobilising young people, we can facilitate social change.

 

Support the Fill in the Blanks campaign

Fill in the Blanks of our history. A campaign led by students from former British colonies seeking to mandate the teaching of colonial history.

 

Other petitions to sign


Read up

We recommend the following authors and academics and their writings on Britain and British history, exploring colonialism, white supremacy and racism in the British context:

  • Akala - Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

  • Kehinde Andrews - Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century

  • Emma Dabiri - Don’t Touch My Hair

  • Reni Eddo-Lodge - Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race

  • Bernadine Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other

  • Afua Hirsh - Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

  • Paul Gilroy - There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack

  • David Olusoga - Black and British: A Forgotten History

  • Nikesh Shukla - Good Immigrant

  • Shashi Tharoor - Inglorious Empire What the British Did to India

Spread the Word

Talk to your friends and family about the British Empire. Ask them why we don’t talk about it. There's no better way to make an impact than to become an active advocate yourself.