Cambridge Black History shows how the lives of 12 historical black people are connected to the city.
Artist Selena Scott said it was "quite emotional" to be part of the Black Atlantic exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in CambridgeCambridge Black History by Selena Scott shows how 12 historical black figures are connected to the city.at the Fitzwilliam Museum which reflects how it was founded on profits from the transatlantic slave trade.She created the book as part of a two-month internship at the museum, with the brief to create a public resource.
One of the figures is Trinidad-born Amy Ida King who was the first black woman to get a degree from The University of Cambridge in 1903, but as women were not allowed to hold a degree at the time, she was not able to graduate and so is largely erased from history. She also included her granddad, who did a lot for education in the Caribbean, helping to bring it to poor communities and lived in Cambridge in later life.
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