Posted on 11 March 2013. Tags: Africans in Britain, Black British History, Black Edwardians, Black Edwardians-Black people in Britain 1901-1914, Black London-Life before Emancipation, Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958, Books, Caribbean studies, England Affric-An Ethnological Survey, Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain, colouring over the white Line

A reading list of books related to the ongoing Black presence in Britain, Slavery, colonialism and black Settlement in the U.K
The list is by no means exhaustive!
Books about Black British History
Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain by Peter Fryer
(Pluto Press 1984)
Black England-Life before Emancipation by Gretchen Gerzina
(John Murray,1995)
Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by ...
Posted in African History, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK, Black People in Europe, Caribbean History, Slavery
Posted on 18 February 2013. Tags: B.A.S.A, Basa, Black British History, Elizabeth Truss, History in Schools, Mary Seacole, Operation black Vote, Schools Curriculum, Yasmin Alibhai Brown

When the Government of the day start to role out their ministers, in defence of a topic that they have already managed to largely keep out of the mainstream agenda, you know something's afoot. Perhaps they sense that restless educators and equality campaigners see right through their piecemeal offerings on black British history.
In recent weeks ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Editors Blog
Posted on 13 February 2013. Tags: Book of Negroes, London, Poor Blacks, Sierra Leone, War of Independence, black soldiers

It was during the War of Independence in the colony of America that Britain gained herself these unlikely allies. Black loyalists fought for Britain against the American colonists. Free blacks were joined by thousands of slaves who had been promised freedom and land by Britain if they joined in this battle. The idea of British ...
Posted in African American History, African History, Black Britain, Black History Month UK, Black People in Europe, Black Soldiers, Guest Blog Posts, Slavery
Posted on 13 February 2013. Tags: Cocoyea, Keith La Rose, Mangrove, Michael La Rose, Notting Hill Carnival, Peoples WORLD, Peoples War Carnival Band, Pepe Francis, Radical Mas, The Asssociation for a Peoples Carnival

It is fitting that on Carnival Tuesday we should be writing to set the record straight and put down an accurate historical record.
Ever since the end of Peoples War Carnival Band in 1998 there has been continuing confusion about our involvement with Peoples World. This situation continues until today . We have told the people ...
Posted in Black Britain, Guest Blog Posts
Posted on 23 January 2013. Tags: African Americans in Britain, Jeffrey Green

Contributed Email from Historian Jeffrey Green
African American Fugitive
My latest entry on my website (put Jeffrey Green Historian into your search engine) is page 107 and concerns fugitive slave John Anderson who killed a man in Missouri in 1853 en route to freedom in Canada. In 1860-1861 the legal arguments over extradition attracted a lot of ...
Posted in African American History, Black Britain
Posted on 19 January 2013. Tags: African American, Caribbeans, Racism, Soldiers, WW2

The excerpt below is taken from a London diary. It outlines the treatment of African American soldiers in England during WW2.
American Soliders Assault West Indian
The village hall is large and pleasant, and the Clerk of the Council, who sat at the receipt of custom and kept a fatherly eye on everything, is an efficient and ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History
Posted on 05 January 2013. Tags: Azelle Rodney, Cherry Groce, Cynthia Jarrett, Joy Gardner, Kelso Cochrane, Mark Duggan, black deaths in custody, criminal justice system, custody deaths, death in police custody, racist murders

No Justice – No Peace: By Lee Pinkerton. Original article published on The Blak Watch
Looking at the Stephen Lawrence verdict and racial justice in Britain.
“There’s no such thing as freedom in this country for a Black man. There’s no such thing as justice in this country for a Black man.”
Malcolm X
“I had to go to ...
Posted in Black Britain, Guest Blog Posts
Posted on 18 December 2012.

Lee Jasper was responsible for the development, enactment and promotion of equalities policies for the GLA and its functional bodies. He has corporate responsibility for the development and delivery of anti discriminatory policies aimed at ensuring equality in employment practices and service delivery.
Jasper was also responsible for advising the Mayor on policing issues and at ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History
Posted on 11 November 2012.

REMINDER
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) wants to increase the number of enquiries applications from and award more grants to black, Asian and minority ethnic led organisations. As part of the work to achieve this, the HLF Wales team is holding workshops specifically aimed at BAME led groups. The workshops will be a great opportunity to ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History
Posted on 09 November 2012.

Six Towns One City Carnival Association Fundraising Event
Organisers of Stoke-on-Trent’s biggest free community event have launched a fundraising campaign to secure its future.
Six Towns One City Carnival Association Fundraising Event
Voluntary group Six Towns One City Carnival Association (STOCCA) will stage the first Carnival Jamdown, a night of Reggae, Soul, R & B, and Salsa on ...
Posted in Black Britain
Posted on 08 November 2012.

GEOSCIENCE MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTING BLACK BRITISH CAREER ACCESS AND CONTINUITY
Consultant Geologist, Toyin Solanke, from West Norwood in London, began a 5½ week Churchill Travelling Fellowship (www.wcmt.org.uk) to the USA. The aim of her Fellowship was to participate in outreach development and delivery initiatives in the USA, which will contribute to developing the Urban Geology ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black Women, Editors Blog
Posted on 30 October 2012.

Jessica Ennis is an English Athlete from the City of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
Jessica was born on 28 January 1986 is one of two daughters of Vinnie Ennis and Alison Powell and has a younger sister named Carmel. Jessica is of mixed parentage, her father Vinnie was originally from Jamaica and her mother was a social worker ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History Month UK, Black Sports Stars, Black Women