Black History Month

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October is Black History Month

October is Black History Month and we have searched the archives to find documents and images that show the contribution made to Sheffield’s culture and history by the different communities that have made Sheffield their home over the last 300 years.

We have put together a short film highlighting some of the archive treasures ... 

Black History Month

We also have a range of research guides for anyone that wishes to dig deeper and find out more ...

Archive research guides

We would love to develop our collections to make them more representative.  If you have any photographs or papers relating to your community we’d love to borrow them to add them to the Library collection.  Just drop us a message via archives@sheffield.gov.uk

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