http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:08:42 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6986 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ware_(cowboy) John Ware (c. 1845 – 12 September 1905) was an African-American and later Black Canadian cowboy, best remembered for his ability to ride and train horses and for bringing the first cattle to southern Alberta in 1882, helping to create that province’s important ranching industry. Ware was born into Slavery in South Carolina. After [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/josephine-baker-and-the-parisian-jazz-age/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/josephine-baker-and-the-parisian-jazz-age/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:47:55 +0000 doodlemaster http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6959 It’s hard to overestimate the importance of the dancer Josephine Baker in the annals of European Black History in this century. She quite literally changed everything for black artists in Paris, and as a consequence, the world over. Paris was the centre of the artistic and music world at the time Baker exploded onto the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/josephine-baker-and-the-parisian-jazz-age/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/wallace-fard-muhammad/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/wallace-fard-muhammad/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:49:22 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6955 Wallace Fard Muhammad was a Minister and founder of the Nation of Islam. He established the Nation of Islam’s first Mosque in Detroit, Michigan in 1930, and ministered his distinctive religion there for three years, before mysteriously disappearing in June 1934. { The Al-Rashid Mosque in Edmonton Alberta, Canada was expected to be the first [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/wallace-fard-muhammad/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/giles-heron-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/giles-heron-footballer/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:41 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6927 Giles Heron became the first Afro-Caribbean player to play first team football for Celtic. Heron scored on his debut, a 2-1 win against Morton during the 1951-52 season and was quickly bestowed the nicknames “Black Flash” and “Black Arrow”. Giles Heron became the first Afro-Caribbean player to play first team football for Celtic. Heron scored [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/giles-heron-footballer/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/say-this-not-that-during-holiday-gatherings/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/say-this-not-that-during-holiday-gatherings/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:00:02 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6889 Dr. Michelle Callahan During the holidays most of us want to spend time with friends and family, while at the same time avoiding the negative comments and unnecessary disagreements that often come with these celebrations. Here are my five rules on what to say/not say to loved ones during holiday gatherings. Follow these rules to [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/say-this-not-that-during-holiday-gatherings/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/michael-beckwith/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/michael-beckwith/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:24:48 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6845 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Beckwith Michael Beckwith is a New Thought Minister, Author, and Founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California, a New Thought Church with a Congregation estimated in excess of 8,000 Members. Beckwith was Ordained in Religious Science in 1985. Michael Bernard Beckwith is Founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, co-Founder of [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/michael-beckwith/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/secret-history-of-the-black-pin-up-from-tease-to-sleaze/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/secret-history-of-the-black-pin-up-from-tease-to-sleaze/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:57:18 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6763 Secret History of the Black Pin Up: From Tease to Sleaze I recently wrote about the seemingly lackluster existence of Black pin up models from the 1950′s… here and here. A collector, historian, and publisher by the name of Jim Linderman contacted me and divulged that he’d written and self-published a book detailing the life [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/secret-history-of-the-black-pin-up-from-tease-to-sleaze/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:38:35 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6761 http://www.badassoftheweek.com/dwightjohnson.html You don’t really think of Vietnam as being a tank warfare kind of affair. Sure, there were plenty of intense, groin-crushing battles fought during the vicious multi-year slugfest through the jungles of Southeast Asia, but most of these showdowns were the ambush / search-and-destroy sort of events, with infantrymen slogging through armpit-deep mud, fighting [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/soft-lights-and-sweet-music-elisabeth-welch-on-screen/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/soft-lights-and-sweet-music-elisabeth-welch-on-screen/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:30:18 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6755 Soft Lights and Sweet Music Elisabeth Welch on Screen with Stephen Bourne Saturday 29 October 2011 @ 2:30pm-5.00pm Elisabeth Welch’s biographer, Stephen Bourne, will share his personal memories of the stage and screen legend. Born in New York, Elisabeth settled in London in 1933 and became the most famous Black woman in pre-war Britain. Her [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/soft-lights-and-sweet-music-elisabeth-welch-on-screen/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:51:34 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6717 Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the Rights of African Americans, a man who indicted White America in the harshest terms for its [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/peter-tosh-the-stepping-razor/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/peter-tosh-the-stepping-razor/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:02:34 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6715 Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh (19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987), was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers (1963–1974), and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari. Genres: Reggae, ska, rocksteady, R&B Peter Tosh (also known as [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/peter-tosh-the-stepping-razor/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/captain-paul-cuffe/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/captain-paul-cuffe/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:03:29 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=5694 (NEW BEDFORD, Mass.)  — It took nearly two hundred years but New Bedford now has a lasting tribute to Captain Paul Cuffe in the form of a park, dedicated today in his honor at the southern foot of historic Johnny Cake Hill. Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) was the free-born son of an African father and a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/captain-paul-cuffe/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/africville/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/africville/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:34:44 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=4382 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville Africville was a small community located on the southern shore of Bedford Basin, in the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. During the 20th Century, the City of Halifax began to encroach on the southern shores of Bedford Basin, and the community was eventually included as part of the city through Municipal Amalgamation. Africville [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/africville/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/israel-and-south-africa/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/israel-and-south-africa/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:30:00 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3816 lsrael’s ties with South Africa seem to be especially disturbing to many who follow Israel’s international activities. Perhaps it is natural that Israel has been castigated more harshly for its arms sales to South Africa than for its sales to other countries: first, because there has been for a decade an arms embargo against South [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/israel-and-south-africa/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/shadeism-is-just-another-name-for-colourism/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/shadeism-is-just-another-name-for-colourism/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:26:32 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3851   Shadeism Is Just Another Name For Colorism, Negatively Effecting Women Of Color Worldwide: This documentary short is an introduction to the issue of shadeism, the discrimination that exists between the lighter-skinned and darker-skinned members of the same community. This documentary short looks specifically at how it affects young women within the African, Caribbean, and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/shadeism-is-just-another-name-for-colourism/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/paul-robeson/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/paul-robeson/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:10:50 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3895 Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American concert singer (bass-baritone), recording artist, athlete and actor who became noted for his political radicalism and activism in the Civil Rights Movement. Robeson was the first major concert star to popularize the performance of Negro Spirituals. He was the first Black actor [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/paul-robeson/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/arthur-ashe/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/arthur-ashe/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:00:19 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3794 Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was a professional Tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam Titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States. Ashe, an African American, is also remembered for his efforts to further Social Causes. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/arthur-ashe/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/american-imperialism/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/american-imperialism/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:18:30 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3790 American Imperialism is a term referring to the political, economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. The concept of an American Empire was first popularized in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War of 1898 and the annexation of the Philippines. Thomas Jefferson, in the 1780s, awaited the fall of the Spanish empire: “… [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/american-imperialism/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/u-s-wealth-gap-reflects-racisms-legacy/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/u-s-wealth-gap-reflects-racisms-legacy/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:25:59 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3778 http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/07/27 “US Wealth Gap Reflects Racism’s Legacy” Published on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 by The Rachel Maddow Show]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/u-s-wealth-gap-reflects-racisms-legacy/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/blacks-slavery-and-movies/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/blacks-slavery-and-movies/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:38:52 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3750 http://clutchmagonline.com/2011/06/is-hollywood-courting-slavery/ Is Hollywood Courting Slavery? Thursday Jun 16, 2011 – by Black Voices — Slave stories might become the new ‘Black’ in Hollywood. Today, the Shadow And Act film blog revealed that Paris-based Other Angle Pictures picked up a French slavery comedy for international distribution. ‘Case Départ’ is scheduled for a July 6 release in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/blacks-slavery-and-movies/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:43:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3678 1861: Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861. 1862: Washington, D.C.: Freedmen’s Hospital is established & is the only Federally-funded health care facility for Negroes in the nation. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/3548/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/3548/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:00:13 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3548 From death row in Pennsylvania, launch of a new book in the UK   cc JAILHOUSE LAWYERS PRISONERS DEFENDING PRISONERS v THE USA By Mumia Abu-Jamal Foreword by Angela Y. Davis, Introduction by Selma James Published by Crossroads Books Price: £11.99 Free to Prisoners. (See order form below.) Donations welcome to help cover costs.     Launch events in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/3548/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:23:51 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3534   Some authorities argue that the very idea of Race should be abandoned. They say that there are no pure Races, that all so-called Races are the result of intermarriage between people of different stocks. There is only one Race, the Human Race. In the United States the division of the population into White and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/skin-whitening-products-promote-caste-system/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/skin-whitening-products-promote-caste-system/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:26:10 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3513 Venetian Ceruse, also known as Spirits of Saturn, was a 16th Century cosmetic used as a skin whitener. It was in great demand and considered the best available at that time. The product contained a pigment composed of white lead, which was understood to cause lead poisoning that would eventually damage the user’s skin complexion [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/skin-whitening-products-promote-caste-system/feed/ 3 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/cartoonists-protest-lack-of-color-in-the-comics/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/cartoonists-protest-lack-of-color-in-the-comics/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:09:50 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3509 Cartoonists Protest Lack of Color in the Comics February 6, 2008 You could call it a sit-in, of sorts. Perhaps a sketch-in would be more appropriate, a comic call to arms, with cartoonists of color protesting for greater presence in newspaper pages. Protesting in the best way they know: drawing about it, en masse, all [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/cartoonists-protest-lack-of-color-in-the-comics/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/%e2%80%9cthe-television-will-not-be-revolutionized%e2%80%9d/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/%e2%80%9cthe-television-will-not-be-revolutionized%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:50:15 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3504 — “The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized” Gil Scott Heron, the Musician, Poet, and Author famous for the saying “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” passed away on May 27th 2011. Here’s a Poem written by Lupe Fiasco in his honor which I believe will ring true with many. Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, better known by [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/%e2%80%9cthe-television-will-not-be-revolutionized%e2%80%9d/feed/ 5 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/for-whites-only-a-long-history-of-affirmative-action/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/for-whites-only-a-long-history-of-affirmative-action/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:04:59 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3477 A Long History of Affirmative Action – For Whites: Many middle-class White People, especially those of us from the Suburbs, like to think that we got to where we are today by virtue of our merit – hard work, intelligence, pluck, and maybe a little luck. And while we may be sympathetic to the plight [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/for-whites-only-a-long-history-of-affirmative-action/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/hey-man-who-cut-your-hair/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/hey-man-who-cut-your-hair/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:02:40 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3421 HAIR: Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen Give me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longer Here baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy Hair, flow it, show it Long as God can grow, my hair — Afro-Textured Hair: Afro-Textured Hair is a term used to refer [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/hey-man-who-cut-your-hair/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 16:58:10 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3416 Michael Healy — Cabin-Boy who sailed on the American East Indian Clipper Jumna in England in 1854. He quickly became an expert Seaman, and rose to the Rank of Officer on Merchant vessels. He became the first African-American to Command a ship of the United States Government. Michael Augustine Healy (September 22, 1839 – August [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/black-belt-bible-belt/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/black-belt-bible-belt/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 16:47:00 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3411 The Black Belt is a Region of the Southern United States. Although the term originally described the Prairies and dark soil of Central Alabama and Northeast Mississippi, it has long been used to describe a broad Agricultural Region in the American South characterized by a history of Plantation Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century, and a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/black-belt-bible-belt/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/worldwide-black-forums/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/worldwide-black-forums/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 11:33:48 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3363 We are proud to announce the return of the Forums. After a long absence the Black Forums are back. Tell a Friend, get signed up and have your say. Worldwide Black Forums]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/worldwide-black-forums/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/who-brought-the-slaves-to-america/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/who-brought-the-slaves-to-america/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 16:44:52 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3330 The story of the slaves in America begins with Christopher Columbus. His voyage to America was not financed by Queen Isabella, but by Luis de Santangelo, who advanced the sum of 17,000 ducats (about 5,000 pounds-today equal to 50,000 pounds) to finance the voyage, which began on August 3, 1492. Columbus was accompanied by five [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/who-brought-the-slaves-to-america/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/black-proud/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/black-proud/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:48:13 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3211 August 9, 2010 – It’s like the damn Planet of the Apes. Nothing Makes Sense, said Fox News Glenn Beck in a recent rant against President Obama and the America he has created. It was one of the angriest and most thinly veiled racist rants in recent history but simply a continuation of his general [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/black-proud/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/civilrights/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/civilrights/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:03:21 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3088   History classes in the National Curriculum will often gloss over slavery, idolize the efforts of William Wilberforce and study the methods of Martin Luther King’s struggle for civil rights. For many young Black people in Britain, one would argue that it is very easy for them to recall the names of US Civil Rights icons, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/civilrights/feed/ 10 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:59:01 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2754 http://malcolmxfiles.blogspot.com/ “Recently when I was blessed to make a religious pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca where I met many people from all over the world, plus spent many weeks in Africa trying to broaden my own scope and get more of an open mind to look at the problem as it actually is, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/prostate-cancer-whats-stopping-you/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/prostate-cancer-whats-stopping-you/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:49:55 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2752 What is stopping you man, what is stopping you from living the live that was meant for you? Is it the fear of the doctor? Is it the fear of showing your parts to a doctor? Or the probing, or the intrusive tests? Is it your ignorance, in that you know something is wrong with [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/prostate-cancer-whats-stopping-you/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/martin-luth-king-i-have-a-dream/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/martin-luth-king-i-have-a-dream/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:21:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2746 Amazon.co.uk Widgets]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/martin-luth-king-i-have-a-dream/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:45:15 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/ Black American GIs Park Street Bristol – During World War II, originally uploaded by brizzle born and bred.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:57:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/ Tuskeegee Airman, originally uploaded by RickRaven. Fantastic photo of one of the Tuskeegee Airmen]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:43:14 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/ Millie-Christine Dead – S.O. 11 Oct. 1912 p1, originally uploaded by snap-happy1. An unsympathetic news report regarding African American Siamese Twins. Who Died in 1912]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/students-how-to-curb-your-debt/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/students-how-to-curb-your-debt/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:01:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2209 The recent report published Universities UK, which represents vice-chancellors, in which it concluded that University tuition fees should more than double to 6,500 Pounds per year is once again a reminder of just how expensive higher education is in Britain today. The above report is to be taken into account by the new Coalition Government [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/students-how-to-curb-your-debt/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/annie-gross-tried-for-murder-1912/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/annie-gross-tried-for-murder-1912/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:12:48 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2186 Annie Gross was a black entertainer from America. She and her husband Harry had been working in New York before touring British Music Halls. Harry Gross had left Annie for an actress called Jessie Mackintosh, they were living in actors lodgings in Coram Street, Central London. He had been in a song and dance act [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/annie-gross-tried-for-murder-1912/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:57:36 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2123 Lennox Lewis was Britains last Heavyweight Champion boxer. Despite a reputedly high, undisclosed personal wealth, Lennox Lewis remains one of the most likeable sporting personalities of this century. Lennox Claudius Lewis was born in Stratford, London on 2 September 1965. His names could not be more aptly chosen as Lennox is Gaelic and means ‘chieftain’ [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:46:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2113 This clip from a War Department film shows African-American soldiers being trained for combat during World War 2. The Tuskegee Airmen are seen flying fighter planes in the U.S., while other soldiers train in arctic conditions. There’s no year given, but it’s probably 1942 or 1943.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/protests0001/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/protests0001/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:28:21 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/protests0001/ PROTESTS0001, originally uploaded by GLOSACK. usually near Times Square Manhattan these activists/devotees preach their own interpretation of the bible, racism, religion what have you. you think im FURIOUS?????????????????????????? Uploaded by GLOSACK on 4 Jul 10, 6.27A]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/protests0001/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:25:30 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2105 Throughout History the role of the black soldier has been underplayed in Western Armies. Black people have fought in all the Major European Armies including those of Poland and Germany. African American troops fought in Both world Wars and subsequent conflicts. African colonial troops fought in the First World War in Europe. Look through the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/africanblack-media-must-unite-to-deliver-clear-message/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/africanblack-media-must-unite-to-deliver-clear-message/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:26:44 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1837 BlackPresence website is now 12 years old and many changes have befallen the internet since its inception. We have gone from a time when there was hardly any black presence on the Internet to having a massive amount of black owned, black run websites, all singing their own songs. It has long occurred to me [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/africanblack-media-must-unite-to-deliver-clear-message/feed/ 15 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/w-e-du-bois/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/w-e-du-bois/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:48:36 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1820 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on (February 23, 1868? he was an American civil rights activist,Pan-Africanist,sociologist,historian,author, and editor. He grew up in Great Barrington, a predominately Anglo American town. His Mother, Mary Silvina Burghardt’s family was part of the very small free black population of Great Barrington, having long owned land in the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/w-e-du-bois/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/calling-all-artists/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/calling-all-artists/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:56:38 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1746 Call for submission open to poets, writers, journalists, bloggers and graphic artists from all backgrounds and origins. We invite you to write in solidarity for Haiti. You can send us poems, song lyrics, short stories, opinion pieces, drawings, paintings or photographs. The work must be about or inspired by Haiti, its people and its culture. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/calling-all-artists/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:47:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1597 Found this excellent video on Youtube today, some footage of African American Jazz music in the 40′s.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/feed/ 0