Mary Prince (1788-1833) was a Bermudian woman, born into slavery in Bermuda. The published story of her slavery was the first account of the life of a black woman to be published in England and the book had a galvanizing effect on the anti-slavery movement.Mary Prince (1788-1833) was a Bermudian woman, born into slavery in ...

Caribbean Women in WW2 Britain There were plenty Caribbean Women serving in WW2. When we think of the British Armed Forces, there is often a tendency to think exclusively of men.  In the past this has been largely due to the majority of Armed forces being made of almost entirely of men. However, WW2 saw plenty of Women sign ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, the Institute of Art and Ideas (IaI) held HowTheLightGetsIn 2012 – the latest instalment of the annual philosophy & music festival. The aim of the festival is to stimulate debate and discussion, and reinvigorate the intellectual landscape. This year one of the invited speakers was Labour MP Diane Abbott, notably the first black woman to be ...

About a week ago,my father and I went to a bus stop in Hackney to get a 106 to clapton roundabout as I was visiting a friend of mine who lived in Haunault,so we had a long way to go! We waited for a bus and as I had my 2yr old son with me,and like all single mums ...

Creator of "Grammas" herbal sources range. Dounne Alexander was born in Trinidad, and immigrated with her parents to Britain in 1962. For 22 years she worked as a Chemical/Bacteriological technician and housing officer. She became a single parent in 1986, and embarked on a new career. She was aware that everyone was getting into health ...

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 ...

The Honorary Chair of the Board of the Global Council of Black Women Leaders, Inc. Jocelyn Barrow was born in her mother’s native island of Trinidad with a father from Barbados, moved to London at 29 to become a inspiring champion of social change what lead her to be distinguished as a Dame of the ...

Valda Loiuse James Became the Mayor Of Islington in 1988. She became the first black woman to be elected to Islington Council.Born in 1928, Valda came to Britain in 1961 and raised her children alone in some condition of poverty. to support her family she was working in the Catering Industry, Nursing and Dressmaking. In 1986 ...

HISTORY & SOCIAL ACTION PUBLICATIONS www.historysocialaction.co.uk sean.creighton1947@btinternet.com ESTHER BRUCE A Black London Seamstress: Her Story 1912-1994 PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER History & Social Action Publications is pleased to announce that a new revised and up-dated edition of Stephen’s Bourne’s ‘Aunt Esthers Story’ is being published on 1 June 2012. Part 2 A special pre-publication offer of £4 post free is available up to 25 May. Orders should ...

Black Politician Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, is a black Politician in the Labour Party (born 13 March 1954), is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. Lady Amos was born in Guyana, studied at the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and East Anglia, and was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Thames Valley University in 1995 in ...