#BLOGPOST: A current member of YHP shares their thoughts on the lack of Black British History in the UK National Curriculum, and how YHP plays a role in addressing this epidemic prevalent in the UK education system. #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
https://www.younghistoriansproject.org/single-post/black-british-history-in-schools-progress-problems-and-possibilities
https://www.younghistoriansproject.org/single-post/black-british-history-in-schools-progress-problems-and-possibilities
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American invented the machine gun for the British to use on Black men in South Africa.
The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim. It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world.
The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian Martin Gilbert,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_gun
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Not to policing as corroborated by this article:
https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/cjs-careers/two-decades-on-has-the-macpherson-report-truly-changed-uk-policing/