Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: Bedewi, Black Pharoes, Egypt, el, Kings, kurru, Kush, Kushite, Medewi, Meroe, Nubian, Nuri, Piankhi, Pyramids, Taharqa

When you think of the Pyramids, we all tend to think of the massive Pyramids in Eygypt. However, many historians overlooked the Pyramids of Nubia. Over 800 years after the Last Pyramids in Eygypt were built, Pyramids were being built in Nubia in the Hundred and Eleventh Cataract. El-Kurru, Nuri and Meroe.
The area of the ...
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Posted on 23 August 2010. Tags: Black Athletes, Black British, black women, British Athletics, Heptahlon, Strictly Come Dancing

Denise Lewis is a Black British Athlete, a superb all-round talent. Denise progressed to the highest world-class at the heptathlon, her highest accolade was the Olympic gold medal she won in Sydney.
She achieved a best of 5277 points in her first year at the event in 1989. She was Britain's woman athlete of the year ...
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Posted on 23 August 2010. Tags: Arabs, Blacks in Port Cities, Lascars, Liverpool, seamen, South Shields, Yemeni

Black Britons - Race Riots in South Shields The first race riots to take place in Britain were in South Shields (Tyneside). A number of Arab and Somali seamen had settled there in the 1860's, and theses populations were added to by West African and West Indian Seamen who settled in North shields before the First ...
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Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: Black History, Black Writing

Dear All,
I am pleased to inform you that we now have a Summer Promotion on "The Sound of Running Water" with a free delivery service.
Information on "The Sound of Running Water"
" The Sound of Running Water " is a Pocket-sized gift book of Proverbs and Quotations aimed to inspire our minds into great heights of ...
Posted in African, Black Blog Posts, Black History, Black Writing, Books, Caribbean, Community, Education, Poetry, Religion
Posted on 29 July 2010. Tags: blamadur, Blamenn, Blokkumaddur, Blue Men, Fjords, Iceland, Norse, Old Norse, svertingi

"Blamenn!" Palli, our Iceland Review photographer, shouts. "You call them Blamenn!" Of course, Palli is a leg-puller from way back, so I take this with a grain of salt. Although it's something I desperately want answered. What are black people called in Iceland?
Palli's answer of "blamenn" (blue men), however dubious, is historically how the ancient ...
Posted in African, Black History, Black Presence, Education, Europe, History, Racism
Posted on 29 July 2010. Tags: court records, Crime, John guy, Law and Order, Mary Gunnis, negro, Old Bailey, Thomas Robinson, Tower Hill

Part of the Myth that black people have only been living in Britain since the 1950's has been due to the general inaccessible nature of public records to the masses. In today's modern world, more and more records are becoming available to people online. The Old Bailey Online site is one such resource ...
Posted in African, Black Britain, Black Britons, Black History, Black Presence, Community, Education, Europe, History, Law and Order, Men
Posted on 20 July 2010. Tags: Credit cards, Debt, Education, financial advice, Go to the ant, Student debt, Student Grants, Student help, Student Loans, Students, Universities, University Bursaries

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 in ...
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Posted on 09 July 2010. Tags: Arts, Black routes, dance, Media, Music

Eleven artists have now been selected for the first round of this annual programme from a long-list of 40 nominated by members of the Black Routes network, alongside producers, promoters, DJs and other industry professionals. This July, the group will undertake an intensive week of training in the beautiful and inspirational surroundings of Dartington Arts ...
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Posted on 08 July 2010. Tags: African American, Ideology, Protest, Religion

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
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Posted on 08 July 2010. Tags: armies, black soldiers, photos, Soldiers, War

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 images ...
Posted in African, African American, Black Britons, Education, Europe, History, Men, Military, Racism, War
Posted on 08 July 2010. Tags: Barrow in furness, black rugby Players, James Peters, Plymouth, Rugby

James Peters was the first Black man to play Rugby Football for England. Born in Salford slums of Manchester He moved to London where he began to play Rugby.
Later he moved to Bristol and then Plymouth where he worked as a Docker and quickly got into the local team. Before long ...
Posted in African, Black Britain, Black Britons, Caribbean, Community, History, Men, Sports
Posted on 25 June 2010. Tags: Athletics, Daley Thompson, Decathlete, Decathlon, Gold Medals, nigerian, Olympics, Sport

DALEY THOMPSON British decathlete who became only the second competitor in history to win the decathlon at two Olympic Games, capturing gold medals in 1980 and 1984.
The son of a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother, Thompson made his debut in the decathlon at the age of 16, winning a competition ...
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