Posted on 18 April 2011.
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 ...
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Posted on 08 April 2011.
Why is it that most, if not all Black men on television are bald, without hair on their heads? The distinguishable curly, or Afro-textured, hair of Black People is missing, or 'deleted'. All Black men must be without hair on television, it seems. And all Black Women must have straight hair, not at all curly. Black Women ...
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Posted on 11 February 2011.
  For those of you who have followed this site  from the beginning, will know that over the last couple of years I have been an active contributor. Recently though, I haven't been around as I needed some time to gather my thoughts following the recent death of my father.  This post isn't asking ...
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Posted on 04 October 2010.
As it's Black History month in October here in the U.k a question has been raised as to the relevance of BHM. I have outlined my feelings in Black history Month, why we still need it. However, I want to know how other people feel about it. I asked Toyin Agbetu, founder of ...
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Posted on 18 August 2010.
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 ...
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Posted on 09 August 2010.
Black non-profit organisations are fighting for air as they currently feel the financial squeeze. Funding, funding and more funding is what nearly every non-profit organisation wants or fears they may not receive. The other pulling factor is that their valuable work is not being recognised. So what you will find is that many organisations end ...
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Posted on 19 April 2010.
With the UK general election called for May 6th 2010.? It's time to make sure you are registered to vote. To register to vote you can visit About My vote Now there are a great many of you who will be saying that they don't like politicians, and that what do politicians actually do for you anyway? Something ...
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Posted on 10 March 2010.
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 that ...
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Posted on 15 September 2009.
Washington Post Staff Writer DeNeen L. Brown wrote an interesting? August 20, 2009 About how Americas Elite blacks are flocking to Martha's Vineyard to take their annual holidays. Over the 4 page web article. Brown highlights the fact that this isn't a new phenomenon, but a generational thing. Black families have been attracted to the ...
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Posted on 30 March 2009.
Now that Disney have finally stepped up to the plate and produced an African American Princess, is everyone happy? Of course not, there are those who don't like the African American Princess Idea, those who don't like the fact that she doesn't have a Black Prince. Can Disney ever please everyone, probably not. Related: The Guardian Google Search
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Posted on 25 March 2009.
Blogger John Ridley points out that whilst the President of the worldsmost powerful country enjoys cosy nights on comfy chatshows, and other African American high flyers like Eric Holder, Michael Steele and Richard Parsons are making headlines the situation is considerably worse for the average African American male. My response to this is, "Yeah, tell us something ...
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Posted on 15 March 2009.
Daniella Maison is the edgy, unswerving, soulful writer been best known for her series of poetry publications since her astonishing poetical debut in 2000. A young Masters graduate, Maison currently works as a freelance writer and part time music promoter, and is set to make an impact within the local and wider community, she comments: ‘James ...
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Posted on 14 March 2009.
[poll id="2"] With the runaway success of social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace, are small black run websites, blogs and forums still needed? What role do they have to play in delivering information to users? Discuss...
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Posted on 13 March 2009.
About 300 people attended Monday night's dedication in St, Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, of a memorial plaque to Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97), the leading black abolitionist. Equiano had been baptised at the Church in February 1759. While people waited for the start of the service the Church organist played the 'Trumpet Voluntary' by John Stanley (1712-86) and ...
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Posted on 12 March 2009.
I too have a dream! I usta hang out all day with my cousin, fantasizing about the day we were gonna be supa rich and famous. My cousin had a studio in the basement of his yard over on the West side of town; Powis Square. I rented a tiny room on the North side, ...
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Posted on 10 March 2009.
GUA Africa was founded by Emmanuel Jal, an ex-child soldier turned rap artist. The word GUA (pronounced gwaah) means peace in Nuer, a tribal language of Southern Sudan. Emmanuel Jal was just three years old when civil war broke out in Sudan, it was a war that would last 22 years killing an estimated 2 ...
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Posted on 08 March 2009.
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Posted on 01 March 2009.
Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.
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