File contains correspondence between Bernie Grant [as a patron of the Black Cultural Archives] and executive members of the Black Cultural Archives. Includes correspondence, mission statements and proposals dealing with the establishment of the Black Cultural Archives and the National Museum and Archives for Black History and Culture. Relates to issues such as the Archival Centre for Black British history; African Reparations Movement (ARM); African Peoples Historical Monument Foundation; Archives and Museum of Black Heritage (AMBH). Also includes a report concerning Bernie Grant’s [as Chair of the ARM] proposal to establish an Institute for the Study of Slavery, Colonialism, and the African Diaspora (ISSCAD) in partnership with Middlesex University and Haringey Council; Lottery funding bid preparatory documents; Inventory of Black history archival material (mainly ephemera) on loan to the Black Cultural Archives, as purchased by Bernie Grant at auction.
