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Andy Burnham hosts a reception celebrating Black History Month at Downing Street. The Prime Minister told attendees he wanted more black history to be included in the school curriculum. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:22We've lived through a decade where there's been too much discrimination on our streets,
00:27too many people trying to drive wedges between our communities,
00:32but we're not going to have it anymore, are we?
00:33We're not going to have it.
00:34We're drawing a line on a decade of division in this country.
00:37We're turning to the future.
00:39We're trying to bring back hope again,
00:42and hope comes from all people feeling that they have a part,
00:47that their contribution is recognised,
00:49and that's the country that we're trying to build.
00:52And I want Black History Month to be a regular feature,
00:57not just in Manchester Cathedral, but here in Downing Street,
00:59and every year I'm the Prime Minister, it will be.
01:02But I also want that history to be told in the curriculum in our schools.
01:07What I just talked about, make it understood how this country was built,
01:12who built this country.
01:14What the theme of history that you could put in the country?

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