**Tickets:** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-the-lines-finding-black-britons-who-were-never-in-the-history-book-tickets-2002906839273](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-the-lines-finding-black-britons-who-were-never-in-the-history-book-tickets-2002906839273) Join Stephen Bourne for the inaugural Dove Foundation Annual Lecture on overlooked Black British lives and why historical role models matter Join The Dove Foundation for Global Change for its inaugural Annual Lecture with Stephen Bourne, a historian and author whose work explores the overlooked histories of Britons. His books have explored figures including Alan Turing, Noël Coward and Ivor Novello, and pioneers such as Evelyn Dove, Elisabeth Welch and Adelaide Hall. Bringing together archival research, personal testimony and community history, Bourne has helped bring neglected lives and contributions to wider public attention. His new book, *Thursday’s Child*, turns to his own story and the experiences behind this work. Drawing on his research, Bourne will explore lives that reveal the breadth of Black British experience. This Black History Month, the lecture will explore Black British history beyond suffering and recognise people whose achievements deserve a lasting place in our shared memory. Black British history is too often presented primarily through slavery, empire and racial injustice. These are essential parts of the past, but they do not tell the whole story. Black Britons also held audiences, built careers, served their communities and shaped public life. Many of their achievements remain unfamiliar, leaving generations without the opportunity to discover people who could inspire them. The lecture will also explore the work behind recovering these histories: finding people in archives, listening to personal testimony and recognising the value of experiences that conventional accounts have overlooked. Why do some lives become part of our shared memory while others remain at its margins? What

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