Title: Black History Month: What is it and why does it matter? - BBC News
Headings: Black History Month: What is it and why does it matter?
Black History Month: What is it and why does it matter?
Why is Black History Month necessary?
Where did Black History Month originate?
How is Black History Month celebrated?
Is black history taught in schools?

Content: Some of the UK's leading organisations include The Windrush Foundation, National Archives and 100 Great Black Britons. image copyright
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Is black history taught in schools? Education is a devolved issue in the UK, so there are marked differences in the curriculum in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Over the years there have been growing calls from campaigners for black history to be included in the curriculum in England - and not just celebrated in October. image copyright
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Decades after the Windrush brought the first West Indian immigrants to Britain in the 1950s, the government had to apologise for deportation threats made to the children of Commonwealth citizens
The Department for Education says black history is an important topic and schools have the freedom to teach it within the history curriculum, and can do so from primary school age onwards. The black British history you may not know about
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