Copyright © 2026 Designed and Developed by Mobrilz.
Text Content with selected images © Nottingham News Centre CIC. With thanks to Creative Commons images, some credits are unknown.
1. Coal Miners of African Caribbean Heritage Archives & Digital Media Museum Collection
- Black Miners Museum archive
- The Guardian newspaper, 25th October 2016, ‘How Britain’s black miners are reclaiming their place in history’ an article by Frances Perraudin. Photos by David Sillitoe. The Guardian, G2 supplement, pages 10-11
- ITV Tyne Tees, October 2020, Black History Month at Woodhorn Museum
- BBC Wales news article, Black Miners in Wales, October 2020
- BBC News online article, Digging Deep documentary film screening, October 2020
- Woodhorn Mining Museum, Northumberland. Curator’s ‘Walk & Talk’ video, October 2020
- The lost story of Britain’s Black miners article interview by Belinda Liversedge with an interview from Norma Gregory, 2021
- BBC Wales, ‘Wales’ Black Miners,’ research and programme contributor, in collaboration with Cardiff Productions, October 2020
- ITV Central News, Windrush 75 Years, programme contribution, June 2023
- Black British Coal Miners Significance and Sacrifice Remembered, 25th October 2019, Runnymede Trust
- LeftLion newspaper feature p.27, #119 November 2019 interview with Alex Kuster, Norma Gregory on the Hidden History of Black Miners and Her New Exhibition
- ‘The Meaning of Black History’ presentation at Birmingham University, November 2016 • Notts TV (News) – ‘The project to uncover the untold stories of black miners in Notts’ 11 October 2016
- MEDIUM online magazine, Black History in the Coalfields article by Grace Millar, research consultation and image contribution by Norma Gregory
- ChronicleLive News, North East https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/andy-coles-dad-black-miners-19143172
- EDITION Magazine 'Black Coal Miners - A Tribute to a Hidden past interview by Joy Sigaud, October 2019. Research and image contributions by Norma Gregory
- Digging Deep Exhibition documentary by Kirklees TV, planning, research and production support by Norma Gregory
- Digging Deep Exhibition Part 2, Kirklees TV documentary
- Toronto Caribbean magazine (print and online versions), 5th November 2019, interview with David Myles
- Channel 4 News social media video Windrush Miners
- BBC 1 Inside Out East Midlands (documentary programme) ‘Brothers Beneath the Surface’ viewing 12th September 2016. BBC Contributor
- BBC Wales, History Project on Black Miners comes to South Wales. 19 February 2018
- BBC Bargain Hunt, episode 50, Nottingham 13 (aired 02/07/18), contributor
- ITV Calendar (Yorkshire TV) news, 15th October 2019, Black British Miners- Digging Deep Exhibition 2019
- Digging Deep: Miners of African Caribbean Heritage The Voice Newspaper (online) 28th September 2019
- Exhibition promotional video/vlog, September 2019
- Black Miners’ Reunion event 27th April 2018 (organiser)
- Project featured in article by author James Walker
- Guest speaker, ‘The Battle of Orgreave’ by Jeremy Deller, film screening and discussion, St Leonards Labour Group, London 14th June 2019
- The Coal Authority, Nottinghamshire, research presentation to staff, 21st October 2019.
- UNITE, Headquarters Holborn London, research presentation to staff, 3rd October 2019.
- JUNO Women’s Aid, Nottingham, ‘Inspirational Women’ event, speaker, 25th October 2019.
- Conference paper: ‘Black Miners: Migration Memories from British Coalfields,’ Migrants & Minorities in Coalmining, Nottingham Trent University Conference, 11th July 2019 .
- Channel 4 News, Windrush Miners’ Hold Reunion, 27th April 2018.
- The Voice newspaper, May 24-30 Issue No.1833, 2018, pages 9 .
- The Voice newspaper, August 4-10, 2016, pages 6-7. ‘The Untold Story of Britain’s Black Miners’ ..
- The Voice newspaper, July 21-27, 2016, page 11.’ Nottingham Project Highlights the History of Black Miners’.
- The Voice newspaper, May 3-9 2018, Issue No.1830, p.3.
- The Voice newspaper, May 24-30 2018, Issue No. 1833 p.9.
- The Voice newspaper, June 21-27 2018, Windrush 70, Souvenir Edition p. 24.
- Commission work by David Severn, photographer, black miners’ portraits.
- University of Nottingham presentation, 17th October 2017. Digging Deeper: unearthing narratives of black British coal miners.
- Nottingham Local History Association (Newsletter) September 2019.
- Huddersfield Windrush Festival by the Jamaica National Council, Huddersfield Town Hall, 29th September 2018, speaker.
- Castle Cavendish Funding Award, summer 2016. Project titled, Coal Kids: Youth experiences in Nottinghamshire coal mining history.
- Kemet FM radio interview with Kevin Brown, ‘The Talk Back Show’. Topic: Coal Miners of African Heritage: Narratives from Nottinghamshire, 1st May 2016.
- BBC Radio Nottingham black coal miners’ interview with presenter, Jodie Law.
- Nottingham Trent University, Department of English, student lecture. Topic: Coal Miners of African Heritage: Narratives from Nottinghamshire, 9th May 2016.
- Bygones newspaper feature article (Nottingham), 7th November 2016, page 13 ‘History in black and white’.
- Bygones newspaper feature article (Nottingham), 7th November 2016, page 13 ‘History in black and white’.
- Initiating new street names in Nottingham/ Nottinghamshire, named after former miners of African Caribbean heritage: Lincoln Cole, Fitzalbert Taylor and Dew Wilson Mews.
2. Books, Academic Journal Articles & Conference Papers
- N.J Gregory (2013) Deity, Distortion and Destruction: A Model of God in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. Published in Black Theology: An International Journal, Vol. 11, no.3, pages 363-372.
- ‘Jamaicans in Nottingham, Narratives and Reflections’ by Norma Gregory (Hansib Publications, 2015)
- Pantomath Journal 2022-2023, Ustinov College Scholarly Journal, Durham University, pages 22-23, ‘Digging Deep Coal Miners of African Heritage at Ustinov College, a perspective on research activities to improve cultural heritage and diversity awareness’
- Jamaicans in Britain A Legacy of Leadership edited by Joy Sigaud (Editions Media Limited, 2020), page 112.
- Crooked Carousel, Selected Poetry by Norma Gregory (Nottingham News Centre Publications, 2016)
- View online e-publications written and produced by Norma Gregory
- ‘An Introduction to Sharing & Celebrating Diverse Industrial Heritage’ e-publication, 2022
- Editorial: Dismantling structural racism in archives and recordkeeping practices in the UK, The Journal of the Archives and Records Association, Volume 42, 2021, p223-227 – Issue 3, Norma Gregory, Victoria Hoyle and Sarah-Joy Maddeaux Archives and Record Journal Magazine, Jan/Feb 2022 issue, page 8. ‘Special Issue of Archives and Records on dismantling structural racism in UK archives and record-keeping practices’
- Conference paper: What’s Happening in Black History? Part II (University of Liverpool & Institute for Commonwealth Studies, February 3015)
- Paper title: Early Black British Narratives: their Significance and Legacy (February 2015)
- What’s Happening in Black History? Part IV. Workshop, Bristol 7th April 2016. Institute for Commonwealth Studies, University of London. Conference Chair, ‘Women in Black British History’ seminar. Plenary speaker.
- Discussion on the impact of Jamaican post-war migration to Nottingham. By Dawn of the Unread, published on 8 June 2015 filmed by James Walker
- Conference paper: ‘Black Miners: Migration Memories from British Coalfields,’ Migrants & Minorities in Coalmining, Nottingham Trent University, 11th July 2019
- ‘Keepers of the Flame, Saluting 100 Black Authors Volume 1, compiled by Garfield Robinson, 2023, contributions on pages 94-95.
- Conference paper: The Meaning of Black History, University of Birmingham (November 2016)
- What’s Happening in Black History? Part VII. Workshop, London 26th October 2017. Institute for Commonwealth Studies, University of London. Plenary speaker.
- Bygones (newspaper)Nottingham July 2015, pages 6-7. ‘Jamaicans in Nottingham’
- Slave Narratives of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (2007) project. Exhibition, publication and school workshops (2007). Content held at Nottingham Central Library and Arnold Library, Nottingham
- Oral History Society Conference, Belfast, Ireland 28-29 June 2018. Speaker
- Oral History Journal Spring 2018 Vol. 46 No.1, p.5, article
- Oral History Journal Autumn 2016 Vol. 44 No.2, p.7, article
- Impact Leaders Programme, external project partner, ‘Enhancing the Performance of Kenya’s Gemstone Mine-to- Market Value Chain’ led by Professor Judy Muthuri (2022), Nottingham University Business School
- ‘Decolonising the BBC Archive’ project with Dr Eleni Liarou, Dept. Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck University (2022-2023)
- ‘Women Entrepreneurs and Legitimation’ by Dr Isobel O’Neil (Nottingham University Business School) and Dr Janine Swail (University of Auckland, New Zealand), research participant and learning resource developer (2016 – 2019)
- ‘The role of the Black Community in the Miners’ Strike of 1984/5′ by Lucy Cann (UCL, University of London). A selection of quotes from audio recordings with former coal miners included in dissertation and referenced (2016)
3. Podcasts, radio & TV broadcast media
- Archaeology Podcast Network, Heritage Voices, African Diaspora Industrial Heritage with Jessica Yaquinto, no.104
- Historic England podcast series, ‘Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places – Power, Protest & Progress’. Guest panelist with historians David Olusoga, Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, Celia Richardson and Billy Hurley, among others, as featured in The Guardian 07/08/2018:
- Spotify Podcast, ‘Embracing Your History: A Pathway to Healing’ AMAZING YOU series, Episode 105, produced and directed by Dr Rani Thanacoody 13/05/2024
- Black History Month (BHM) Listings and national programme, contributions made by Norma Gregory
- BBC Radio 4 Open Country, From Pit to Park, 13 October 2022
- From Pit to Park, 13 October 2022
- ‘Helping People Through Heritage’, an episode from ‘What’s The Point? podcast series, by produced by Bryony Armstrong, (Episode 4), December 2022
- Windrush Stories (Series2) contributor with thanks to the
- Prison Association Podcasts
- ABC News, Australia ‘Nottingham coal industry died so it reinvented itself in a bid to become the UK’s greenest city,’ contribution to article by Isabella Higgins, 8th December 2021
- Community Conversations, City Arts Nottingham. A project led by Sasizo Phiri and Rachel Wilson Imogen Wilcocks Spotify
- BBC ‘Expert Voices’ Academy selected candidate (Birmingham, 2014)
- Heritage Consultant for Enid Blyton new series adaptation for television, 2024. In collaboration with Moonage Pictures and the BBC. Credit received.
- BBC Radio Nottingham regular guest contributor (Sundays, African-Caribbean Show, Midweek: The Afternoon Show)
- Mello FM, Montego Bay Jamaica. Radio interview 22nd November 2016.
- Kemet FM, Nottingham. Guest contributor, presenter Kevin Brown, Talk Back Show
- Mojatu Magazine, Editor-in-Chief, 12 months
- Stella Vision Films, Nottingham. Assistant producer and researcher The History of the Nottingham Carnival (2012). Premiered at The New Art Exchange, Nottingham (10/08/12)
- It’s My Story!‘ Meet the Media Experts’ community media event, host and organiser (Antenna Media Centre, 5/2/15). Media training facilitator 2014-2015
- Insite Radio, Nottingham Internet radio station, volunteer presenter (2013)
- BBC, Blue Peter, BBC Television Centre, London. Research and administration work experience, 2000.
- BBC 10-day training in camera and editing skills (1999)
- Bullseye TV Production Company, London. Voluntary work, researcher (1999)
- The British Library, London. Work experience, Library Assistant (1998)
- Sunday Express Newspaper, Voluntary work experience as a researcher, Features section (1995)
4. George Africanus (c1763-1834) Community Heritage Preservation & Education
- Installation of the first, national blue heritage plaque to a person of African descent in Nottingham, dedicated to the entrepreneur George Africanus (c1763-1834) 9th October 2014, Victoria Street Nottingham
- Historian contributor, Slave to Citizen, The George Africanus Story, documentary film by Farai Roots.
- Guest official for naming of the NET George Africanus tram on 22nd August 2015 documentary video by Michael Walker.
- The Voice (newspaper), September 3-9, 2015, page 9. ‘Former Slave turned Entrepreneur has Tram Named in his Honour’.
- George Africanus, Civic ceremony presentation 9th October 2014 filmed by Michael Walker @ juxtaClip Video.
- George Africanus Society UK Facebook page established 20/08/15
- Nottingham Post (newspaper) April 1st 2015, page 13. ‘By George, Norma’s Found a rich vein of social history’ article
- New local beer produced by Castle Rock Brewery, Nottingham in memory of George Africanus, news article (no longer online)
- Nottingham Post (newspaper) April 4th 2014, page 5. New beer comes to a head, by George!’ (no longer online)
- George Africanus, HLF Project, Belong Nottingham 2013-2014. Project management steering group member. Training provider for project volunteers in media skills/ Journalism. Copy writer for George Africanus Calendar 2015 project and research support.
- Nottinghamshire Family History Society presentation/talk: A Journey with George Africanus. 19th October 2016. At the Mechanics Institute, Nottingham.
- Nottingham University presentation/talk: A Journey with George Africanus. 7th October 2015.
- Jamaica Independence Day (6th August), various talks and presentations
- Jamaica High Commission 2nd Jamaican Experience, Culture & Literary Event, Waterlow Park, London. 30th May 2016.
- Interview with Lee Arbouin, author of ‘The Nottingham Connection’. video, 2013
- Nottingham Women’s History Group presentation ‘Women Pioneers of African Heritage: their Significance and Legacy’ 30th April 2016.
- Nottingham Carnival management team member, 2013-2023, with Richard Renwick, former CEO of Tuntum Housing Association and Nottingham Carnival management team
- Project Coordinator and researcher of the Nottingham Carnival Heritage Project (Phases 2, 3, 4)
- Co-writer with Glenis Williams of seven exhibition panels. Copywriter and content manager for Nottingham Carnival online archive.
