Digging Deep with Norma Gregory, African Diaspora Industrial Heritage Historian - HeVo 104
On this month’s episode, Jessica speaks with Dr. Norma Gregory (founder and director of Nottingham News Centre) about her efforts to document and educate the public on the industrial heritage history of the African diaspora. Dr. Gregory’s work to develop her book on Jamaicans in Nottingham led her to shift her life work to making sure that Black coal mining history got the attention that it deserved. We talk about some of her different efforts to promote this history as well as how all of us can do better public education in our own work. We also talk about her work for the Windrush museum, on Nottingham Carnival heritage, as well as her future dream vision for continuing this work.
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Show Notes
On this month’s episode, Jessica speaks with Dr. Norma Gregory (founder and director of Nottingham News Centre) about her efforts to document and educate the public on the industrial heritage history of the African diaspora. Dr. Gregory’s work to develop her book on Jamaicans in Nottingham led her to shift her life work to making sure that Black coal mining history got the attention that it deserved. We talk about some of her different efforts to promote this history as well as how all of us can do better public education in our own work. We also talk about her work for the Windrush museum, on Nottingham Carnival heritage, as well as her future dream vision for continuing this work.
Links
Dr Norma Gregory & Black Miners’ Heritage
- Black Miners Museum Archive
- Norma Gregory – Website
- Norma Gregory – Profile
- Norma Gregory BBC article ‘History Project on Black Miners comes to South Wales’
- Norma Gregory BBC Article ‘Nottinghamshire Black Miners’ History Project Launched’
- Norma Gregory BBC Article Wales Black Miners programme (archived)
- Nottingham News Centre
- Jamaicans in Nottingham : Narratives and Reflections (Book by Dr. Norma Gregory) (to purchase signed copies email: [email protected])
Industrial Heritage & Archaeology
- The Association for Industrial Archaeology UK
- The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage
- National Coal Mining Museum, Yorkshire UK
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- The Association for Heritage Interpretation
Windrush Scandal UK
- Windrush Scandal – Timeline of events, The Guardian Newspaper
- Office of the Windrush Commissioner
- Norma Gregory Windrush article, The Nottingham Post
- The National Windrush Museum UK
Further Links
- The Nottingham Carnival
- National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Global Action Plan
- https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/
Transcript
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