Celebrating Diversity & Decolonising the Curriculum

Our Library supports equality, diversity and inclusion across our provision, including spaces and collections. We have been working to diversify our printed and online collections for some years now but if there is something you think we are missing, please let us know by mailing library@port.ac.uk 

If you need support to access what we offer, please see this section of our website.

We hope the resources listed in the sections below help you discover items for diversifying and decolonising your work, whether you are a student or lecturer.

 

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Explore a range of documents from the early 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century covering desegregation, civil rights activities and protests, race relations and community integration, plus African American culture. You will find facsimiles of letters, pamphlets, photos, maps, legal records etc, plus oral history interviews which you can watch.


Read accounts of slave life by over 2,300 former slaves as told to interviewers between 1936 and 1938.


Access the annual reports and other publications of the UK's Commission for Racial Equality from the 1970s - 2008.


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Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. You will find material relating to Native American history in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Additional access instructions:

Use VPN for off campus access


This site unpacks the issues of migration, identity and diversity facing contemporary societies. It features information, stories, images and learning resources, with links and further reading to follow up. Read about new research on the histories and cultures of Britain's diverse communities. The Migration Histories section looks at some major historical migrations and how they have helped shape the UK.


This website presents the often untold stories of the migrants who came to and shaped the British Isles from Roman times to the 21st century. While it is primarily designed to support teachers and students studying migration to Britain, its aim is to be a useful resource for anyone interested in Britain’s migration history.


This archive from the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick, lets you access documents starting with Jewish East London in the 1880s, moving through British ports 1910s-1930s, West Indian migration 1948-58, South Asian and Ugandan Asian migration in the 1970s to Race, policing and the 1980s riots. Although many documents can be accessed online, some are only available in printed form in Warwick.


An archive about racial segregation including photos and letters.