Four Black British people from different generations posed together in a softly lit room: an elder with a white beard and felt hat, a woman in a black-and-gold jacket, a young man with locs and a young woman with long braids.

JetPages presents · October 2026

We are not a footnote.

A living archive of the African and Caribbean people who helped build Britain, shape it today — and are already designing what comes next.

Explore the Stories Find October Events

The premise

Black history is British history. And the story is still being written.

For October, JetPages becomes a cultural front door — connecting the people, places, ideas, events and businesses carrying generations of courage into the future.

A living archive

Then. Now. Next.

Foundations

The journey changed Britain.

African and Caribbean people have been part of Britain for centuries. After 1948 and the Windrush generation, they built the churches, associations, newspapers and businesses that made Britain home.

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A presence measured in centuries, not decades
The Windrush generation and the people who followed
Community organisation, one meeting hall at a time
Cultural resistance — in music, print and protest
Churches, associations and newspapers that held us together
Shops, salons and social spaces: places of belonging

Influence

Culture moved from the margins to the centre.

What was once dismissed is now the sound, the style and the flavour of modern Britain — and the communities behind it are shaping what comes through the door next.

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Music that set the tempo for the whole country
Fashion and hair as statements of identity
Food that changed what Britain eats
Film and television telling our own stories
Sport, technology and enterprise
Language, political voice and social influence

Ownership

The archive still needs new pages.

The next chapter is about ownership — of businesses, of platforms, of the technology and media that tell the story, and of the wealth passed to the next generation.

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Business ownership and community infrastructure
Technology and artificial intelligence, built by us
Media we own, stories we control
Education and mentoring across generations
Intergenerational wealth
Young people as the future authors of history

JetPages, in numbers

Not niche. Not new. Not going anywhere.

639 Business categories

2,312 Listed businesses

366 Towns & cities with a listing

91 Events on the calendar

Our history doesn’t begin with arrival. It travels with us.

Live figures from the JetPages directory and events calendar.

What’s on

October, in motion.

Music, food, theatre, family days, business networking and community gatherings — every published JetPages event happening this month, with Black History Month events first.

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Faith & Spirituality

Praying Mums, Raising Godly Champions!

Thu 1 Oct 2026 7:00pm – 9:00pm Online

Music & Nightlife

INALA

Thu 1 Oct 2026 7:30pm – 8:30pm House of Sisters Grimm Central London

We are not a footnote.

Black history is British history. And the story is still being written.

Then. Now. Next.

The journey changed Britain.

Culture moved from the margins to the centre.

The archive still needs new pages.

Not niche. Not new. Not going anywhere.

October, in motion.

Nothing matches those filters.

Celebrate with your wallet.

Find a business near you

Voices from the community.

Whose story should Britain remember?

History is what we remember. Legacy is what we build next.