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BHM on BBC Essex: Growing up in Essex

For BHM 2020, in partnership BBC Essex, Essex Cultural Diversity Project presented a week-long series of programmes focusing on Black History Month through a range of topics. In this programme, guest speakers talk about growing up in Essex, roles models, and influencers in Black Culture, and Elsa James talks her work Black Girl Essex.

Essex Cultural Diversity Project have been leading on Black History Month Essex since 2008, working with a range of friends and partners across Essex, Southend and Thurrock to celebrate and raise awareness of Black History Month(BHM).