Dizzy Gillespie On Jazz At The Maltings/David Redfern/Getty Images #blackhistoryculturecollection Content warning: This article quotes outdated language from newspaper articles. To read our glossary, which includes an explanation of these terms, click here. The United States Air Force (USAF) were stationed in Alconbury and Molesworth in Cambridgeshire during the Cold War and we’ve traced their impact primarily through the British Newspaper Archive as well as Bishop Lynwal, La

Credit: Haywood Magee/The Yanks In England, 1952 /Getty Images #blackhistoryculturecollection Content warning: This article quotes outdated language from newspaper articles. To read our glossary, which includes an explanation of these terms, click here. Whilst our research didn’t turn up a great deal of evidence of how Black USAF personnel were influencing culture in Essex during the Cold War, we wanted to share a short overview of what we did discover through our research.

Credit: Photo by Haywood Magee/ USAF in England, 1952 (In the canteen) via Getty Images #blackhistoryculturecollection Before we get stuck into the what, where, why, and most importantly who, we’d like to introduce ourselves. Izzy Keith has a background in collections management and building relationships with communities. A highlight of her career was collaborating with MARVEL Studios to bring costumes from their Black Panther film to Ipswich for the award-winning Power of S