Black History Project wins Libraries Change Lives Award
A unique and innovative project that aims to record and promote the histories and stories of Northamptonshire’s black communities and individuals over the last 500 years has won the CILIP/LIS Libraries Change Lives Award.
The winner was announced today by poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah at the Library and Information Show (LIS) at the NEC, Birmingham.
The two other shortlisted projects were It’s My Life from Enfield Libraries and New Horizons Estate reading Campaign from Islington Library and Cultural Services.
The winning project counted as tangible achievements: 660 references from the 12th century to the present, an oral history archive of 185 interviews, archiving the records of 11 black community organisations, newsletters and publications and projects working with young people in the classroom.
Further information
The winner was announced today by poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah at the Library and Information Show (LIS) at the NEC, Birmingham.
The two other shortlisted projects were It’s My Life from Enfield Libraries and New Horizons Estate reading Campaign from Islington Library and Cultural Services.
The winning project counted as tangible achievements: 660 references from the 12th century to the present, an oral history archive of 185 interviews, archiving the records of 11 black community organisations, newsletters and publications and projects working with young people in the classroom.
Further information
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