My answer
to absence.
I created Black History Salute because I was tired of watching Black British history get sidelined, flattened, or left out altogether. It is in our streets, our music, our politics, our science, our families. Too often it shows up as a footnote. Not as everyday knowledge. Not as shared inheritance.
Aisha JasminFounder, Black History Salute
Est. 2018 “School gave me one version of history. I could feel a richer truth in the lives around me.”
It started with a page
Growing up, I always knew there was more to our story than what was being taught. Beyond the classroom I could feel a richer truth: in the conversations, in the political awareness that shaped my family, in the persistent sense that our history was bigger, deeper and more powerful than the scraps we were handed.
In 2018 I started UK Black History to share the stories people should have known already. Not the famous names that appear once a year and disappear again. The hidden figures, the overlooked lives, the people whose courage and brilliance shaped Britain across centuries. What began as a page became a mission. The response told me I was not alone. People were hungry for this history.
Out of the margins, onto the table
I wanted something people could actually gather around. Something tactile. Something beautiful. Not a lecture, not a token gesture: an experience. A game that sparks conversation. A deck that invites curiosity. A keepsake that carries weight.
That is why Black History Salute became a premium, hand-numbered first edition built around 32 figures spanning nearly 2,000 years. I researched every figure, wrote every word, designed the whole feel, because the standard had to match the stories.
“I am not a big company with a team of twenty. I am a woman with a vision, a designer’s eye, a deep respect for the people in this deck, and a refusal to let these stories be treated as footnotes.”
An act of reclamation
This is more than a game. It is a way of saying: these lives mattered, these stories belong here, and we do not have to wait for permission to honour them properly. For the child who deserves to see Black British history presented with pride, beauty and substance. For anyone who knows Britain’s story looks very different when all the cards are finally on the table.