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ABOUT
Oxford University has attracted
and produced many of the most original thinkers over the past
several hundred years. It boasts heads of states, academics,
writers, actors, scientists, philosophers and many other luminaries
as its alumni.
On any official university tour there you can hear about the history
of the colleges, the famous alumni – Tony Blair, Bill Clinton,
Margaret Thatcher – to name a few, but what about its black
scholars?
Oxford University had many African and African Caribbean students
pass through its esteemed colleges throughout history. Given
Britain’s once imperial status, it’s not unusual to suppose that
young and women from her colonies would want to come and study
there. And come they did.
Black Oxford: Untold Stories celebrates Black students that attended
Oxford University at the turn of the 20th century, and in later
years.
Black Oxford: Untold Stories, the first Black heritage guided
walking tour of the University of Oxford was launched on the 5th
October 2006 at the Oxford University Natural History Museum.
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