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Taster Walk: African Lives in Newcastle
Heritage Open Day: A walk from the Black Gate to Central Station learning about Africans who journeyed to Newcastle to study, to work, to campaign against injustice. Ordinary and celebrated lives are shared via recordings and pictures. This fully accessible walk shines a light on our heritage linked to place and people.
The walk starts at the Black Gate sharing both its history and that of Fifefield, an 18th century working class resident of Newcastle, originally from the Caribbean. At St John's Church on Grainger Street we celebrate the wedding of the year (1950) between a Nigerian doctoral student, Victor Oyenuga and his childhood sweetheart, Sabinah Onabajo, and at Central Station the life and achievements of the African-American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.
Sat 7 Sep:14.00-16.30; Sat 14 Sep:14.00-16.30; Free Entry.
Harbottle Suite, Black Gate, Newcastle Castle, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 1RQ
Sat 7 Sep to Sat 14 September