Andrew Watson was the perhaps, world's first black international football player, capped three times for Scotland between 1881 and 1882 and considered as one of the top ten most important players of the 19th century.Andrew Watson (born May 1857, Demerara, British Guiana; died in Sydney, Australia, date unknown) was the world's first black international football ...

Jack F. Leslie was a former black football player in Britain. He signed for Plymouth Argyle from Barking Town in 1921.Jack F. Leslie is a former football player. He signed for Plymouth Argyle from Barking Town in 1921. Leslie scored over 400 goals in his career, 134 of those for Plymouth in 400 appearances. He ...

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 ...

Article by Phil Gregory: Editor, Black Presence in Britain Website I'm in my late 30's now and I remember the dark days of racism in English football.   When I used to play in the youth leagues, it would be common to hear some father of an opposing player shout "get the nigger", or some other lovely ...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH To mark Black History Month, The Africa Channel will be broadcasting some specially selected documentaries to inform, commemorate, inspire and raise debate. The UK Premiere of the intriguing five part series follows the life of Nelson Mandela, and uses his biography to tell a much broader story about the politics of struggle and reconciliation in ...

For many in Ireland, Paul McGrath is a living legend. No player in Ireland's history has had so many column inches written in his honour, yet the defender has always remained modest about his ability. Born in London, With an Irish mother and a Nigerian father, McGrath spent the first 16 years of his life in ...

Black History is full interesting images. Today advertisements such as these would be called racist adverts.  This 'Old Gold Cigarettes' advert in Time Magazine, featuring Eddie Cantor in Blackface. 1930. You can see the Full spread Old Gold Cigarettes advertisment here It would be argued that the actor was in blackface not out of racism but because ...

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 on his debut, ...

Open the Door for Black Coaches Submitted Article by Carla Palmer There are 92 professional football clubs in the UK and about 25% of the players are black. Despite the fact that the number of black players has continued to rise there are only two black managers. This situation is contributed to by a lack of recognition ...

John Conteh was born in Liverpool in 1951, to an Irish mother and Sierra Leonean father. He was raised in a rough neighbourhood, and his father encouraged him to box at the Kirkby Athletic Club when he was 10 to keep him from joining the local gangs. John excelled in boxing, ...

Tommy Martin was born in Reading in 1916. In 1917, the family moved to Deptford. At 14 he ran away from home and joined a fairground, working in a Boxing Booth. In the late 1920s / early 30s there was always a token black boxer in a troupe, which helped draw crowds along with the slogan ...

Len Johnson was a Black British Boxer from Manchester rising through the fairground Boxing Booths. Johnson had an Illustrious career. He started his professional career in 1921although he had fought in boxing booths before turning professional. He used the boxing booths for practise, and in particular the booths of Bill Moore. Moore was a very respected boxing ...