Claudia Jones founded the first major black post- war newspaper -The West Indian Gazette; and also helped launch the Notting Hill Carnival.? Claudia Jones was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in 1915 Cladia moved with her family to Harlem. She had a short education as she was plagued by lung and heart problems, which would persist for ...

Sarah Forbes was a Yoruba girl captured by the King of Dahomey in 1848 during a war in which her parents were killed. She was given as a present to Commander Forbes when he was visited Dahomey as an emissary of the British Government in 1850, and she subsequently took Forbes' name as well as ...

Francis Barber was a servant and companion to the writer Samuel Johnson.? Francis Barber was born in Jamaica around 1735. He came to Britain with a planter from the island. For one year he went to school in the small village of Barton nr Darlington in Yorkshire England. Then, as he got older he entered the ...

In the 18th Century, some Black people in the Eighteenth Century were considerably more privileged than most. One such Woman was Dido Elizabeth Bell Lindsay. Dido was the daughter of Captain John Lindsay of the Royal Navy. She was born in England to an African mother who was captured from a Spanish ship. Dido lived in Kenwood ...

Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join the Royal air Force and was a commissioned office by 1943. He later became a Prisoner of War and later a TV personality. Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join ...

Norman Beaton was a teacher turned actor. He will be best remembered for his role as Peckhams best loved Barber in the hit T.V show 'Desmonds'. Norman Lugard Beaton was born in Georgetown Guyana. Beaton attended Queen's College in Guyana until he was expelled for truancy and bad grades. He was given a second chance at ...

George Lydda M 15th George of Lydda, was born in Turkey of "Black" Palestinian parentage, he is the "Patron Saint of England. One of the most famous of Christian figures But little is known of the man himself. The earliest possible source, Eusebius of Caesarea, writing around 322 AD, tells of? "A 'man of the greatest ...

From a small, east London council flat in 1982, Val McCalla started the weekly newspaper, the Voice, which went on become the mouthpiece of Britain's black community and made him a multi-millionaire. Launched at the Notting Hill Carnival that August, it grew into the most popular and important black newspaper in this country. From initial sales of ...

Martin Offiah MBE, is the most famous rugby league player the British game has ever produced. A dazzling runner and lethal finisher, he has scored over 500 tries in his career representing Widnes, Wigan, London Broncos and Salford. One of only two players to have won the Lance Todd trophy twice, he has also represented ...

Olaudah Equiano, later to be known as (Gustavus Vassa) was born in what is today, Nigeria. Kidnapped from his African village at the age of eleven, and sold to a Virginia planter. He was later bought by a British naval Officer, Captain Pascal, as a present for his cousins in London. Equiano bought his freedom after ten ...

Race riots in the U.K have occurred for some time in Britain. Some of the first recorded "Race Riots" involving black people took place in Liverpool. Liverpool has a long established black community left over from its former status as a Slave Port. John Johnson a West Indian was stabbed in the face by 2 Scandinavians ...

Above is a set of Newspaper articles from the 1780s.? Black Dance in London - Circa 1780s

Shaving can be a great experience, who doesn't like a clean face, even bikini line, or perfect tape up? However, for many individuals, specifically those of African American and African-Caribbean descent, shaving is a dreaded experience because it often leads to the development of razor bumps. Razor bumps come in a variety of forms, from ...

Examiner.com 1492-1493- A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus 1494- The first Africans arrive in Hispaniola (current day Haiti - Dominican Republic) with Christopher Columbus. They are free persons. 1501- The Spanish king allows the introduction of enslaved African into Spain 1511-The first enslaved Africans arrive in Hispaniola. 1513-Thirty African accompany Vasco Nunez de Balboa on his ...

Aldridge was already, he was a keen actor and he realised that his prospects of Success in racially segregated America were essentially poor. He made his debut on the English stage and was described as' the first night of the celebrated American Tragedian in a new and effective melodramatic romance called 'The Revolt of Surinam ( ...

President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on the 9th of October 2009. I what many see as a shock decision Obama was awarded the Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples". Many observers publicly stated that they felt that it as "too early" in Mr Obamas Presidency for ...

PHOENIX, AZ -- Phoenix police say the gunning down of an interracial couple by a stranger in a local Phoenix park is being investigated as a possible hate crime. A 39-year-old white female was shot to death after being confronted with a racist question about being with her black boyfriend, Jeffrey Wellmaker. The couple was out ...

A link to Many BHM events in London this October http://www.freelondonlistings.co.uk/component/content/article/72-black-history-month-events-2009.html

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Julius Soubise was unusual for a Black man living at his time. He led an extremely privileged lifestyle. He came to England from the West Indies, carried by Captain Stair Douglas of the Royal Navy. Catherine Hyde, the Duchess of Queensberry met Soubise and persuaded the Captain to part with him as she found the boy ...

German East Africa, campaign in (1914-18). In 1914 Germany possessed four colonies in sub-Saharan Africa: Togoland, Cameroons, South-West Africa (now Namibia), and East Africa (now Tanzania). The fight for the fourth of these has most captured the public imagination. The last German troops did not surrender until two weeks after the Armistice in Europe, on ...

Vincent Bunting was born in Panama in June 1918 and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He became a fighter pilot and joined No 611 Squadron in December 1942. After being promoted to Warrant Officer, Bunting served with No 132 Squadron flying Spitfires. In October 1944 he was transferred to No 154 Squadron. Whilst leaded ...

The first world war 1914-1918 saw a significant number of Africans arrive in Britain to fight. The second and larger wave of Afro-Caribbean's arrived in Britain during the course of the Second World war 1939-1945. In all, Several thousand workers migrated as volunteers fight in the RAF and other branches of the armed forces, ...

British acts dominated the honours at the annual Mobo awards ceremony for music of black origin, which this year paid tribute to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson. London Hip hop trio N-Dubz scooped the awards for Best Album and Best Act, while JLS, finalists in Britain's X Factor talent television talent show, ...

Ottobah Cuggano was born around 1757 in Ghana, he was kidnapped as a slave at around thirteen. He came to England from ...