Posted on 08 February 2012.
http://www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca/ Mission Statement: The mission of Black Theatre Workshop is: to encourage and promote the development of a Black and Canadian Theatre, rooted in a literature that reflects the creative will of Black Canadian writers and artists, and the creative collaborations between Black and other artists. BTW aims to promote and produce Black theatre that ...
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Posted on 26 January 2012.
It’s hard to overestimate the importance of the dancer Josephine Baker in the annals of European Black History in this century. She quite literally changed everything for black artists in Paris, and as a consequence, the world over. Paris was the centre of the artistic and music world at the time Baker exploded onto the ...
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Posted on 15 December 2011.
SI Leeds Literary Prize is a new award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women resident in the UK aged 18 years and over. The prize has been created and is being run by Soroptimist International of Leeds, in partnership with two well established and highly regarded literary organisations, the Ilkley Literature Festival and independent publishers Peepal Tree Press. ...
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Posted on 14 December 2011.
Wed, May 3 1995 - Guardian In the early years of the war Britain made frequent requests for help from its colonies. One man to respond was Billy Strachan. Like most Jamaicans at the time he regarded Britain as his homeland, and enlisting it seemed a natural option. "I went to the British Army camp in ...
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Posted on 13 December 2011.
Doug & Roy Brown's father, Eugene and his brother John came to England from the Ghana, West Africa, they were students. They decided to join the British Army when WW1 boke out. Â John was killed and Eugene badly injured but after the war he got married and had two sons. Â Eugene later died of his ...
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Posted on 11 December 2011.
Original Article - Guardian Maya Wolfe-Robinson and Owen Bowcott The Guardian, Tuesday 22 November 2011 The government will formally apologise through the European court of human rights (ECHR) to the family of Christopher Alder, a black ex-soldier who choked to death in handcuffs on the floor of a Hull police station 13 years ago. The "unilateral declaration" made by the United Kingdom to the court is ...
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Posted on 09 December 2011.
Dancing On The Edge is an explosive new drama series for BBC Two set in the early 1930s following a black jazz band in London during times of extraordinary change. Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Stephen Poliakoff (The Lost Prince, Shooting The Past), the five-part series follows the Louis Lester Band as they find fame amongst the parties and performances ...
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Posted on 14 November 2011.
****LEGAL FUTURES 2011 - BURSARIES AVAILABLE!!!***** The LEGAL FUTURES 2011, the national law careers conference for ethnic minority students, will take place on Saturday 19 November at City University. Confirmed speakers include: Joshua Rozenberg Journalist, Broadcaster & Legal Commentator Urvasi Naidoo Solicitor and Chief Executive, International Federation of Netball Associations Tim Ward QC Barrister, Monckton Chambers Michelle Egbosimba Solicitor, Ashurst LLP Debra ...
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Posted on 29 October 2011.
Accounts experiences of Policing & Governance of NHC 2011 Accounts and experiences of the policing and governance of the Notting Hill Carnival 2011 and the 6.30 shut down of the music for the masquerade bands and steel bands on Carnival Monday 29th August 2011 All the accounts in this document have been made anonymous. The original documents ...
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Posted on 28 October 2011.
Greetings, Time seems to have flown by since August last year when we saw images on our tv screens of our communities again going up in flames after a Black man had died at the hands of the police. It was a signal reminder of how quickly our memories dim when all the media outlets started to howl about ...
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Posted on 27 October 2011.
This one day conference will examine and advocate the importance of critical thinking and reflective practice in health and social care. The conference will focus on how reflective practice can enhance individual / team learning , the service user experience and service delivery. Many staff working within Social Services and the NHS at present, are ...
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Posted on 27 October 2011.
GEORGE PADMORE INSTITUTE in association with NEW BEACON BOOKS Invite you to the launch of THE NEW CROSS MASSACRE STORY - INTERVIEWS WITH JOHN LA ROSE prologue by Linton Kwesi Johnson and epilogue by Gus John on Thursday 17 November at 6.30pm George Padmore Institute, 76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN The New Cross Massacre Fire took place on18 January 1981 at 439 ...
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Posted on 27 October 2011.
The George Padmore Institute in association with the Black Cultural Archives Invite you to a screening of Mangrove 9 Directed by Franco Rosso Produced by Franco Rosso & John La Rose (1973) On Tuesday 8th November at 7.00pm At the Karibu Education Centre 7 Gresham Road, Brixton SW9 7PH [Nearest under or overground – Brixton] The screening presents the original full version ...
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Posted on 26 October 2011.
Dear Friends, I hope you will be interested in an event that is taking place in two weeks time, on Tuesday 8th November at the Institute of Education in the University of London. The general picture of Black British history in our schools and universities is still very bleak. There are only two universities where we know ...
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Posted on 24 October 2011.
 YBS - Young, Black and Successful Dear Supporters, This week marks the last week in Black History Month and we at Young, Black and Successful CIC are signing off with a BANG! We have several events lined up this week and we are hoping that you'll join us at some if not all of them. Be sure to ...
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Posted on 24 October 2011.
Soft Lights and Sweet Music Elisabeth Welch on Screen with Stephen Bourne Saturday 29 October 2011 @ 2:30pm-5.00pm Elisabeth Welch’s biographer, Stephen Bourne, will share his personal memories of the stage and screen legend. Born in New York, Elisabeth settled in London in 1933 and became the most famous Black woman in pre-war Britain. Her 70-year career included work ...
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Posted on 20 October 2011.
Caribbean Voices Memories of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire's Caribbean Community  Wednesday 19th  October 2011 - Stoke-on-Trent Film Theatre. The film Caribbean Voices  got it's premier tonight at Stoke-on-Trent's Film theatre. The film which is the brainchild of local woman Monienne Stone. Miss Stone, who is the Secretary of The Charity Midlands Jamaica Aid, has been working with Local Filmmakers and ...
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Posted on 24 September 2011.
lsrael's ties with South Africa seem to be especially disturbing to many who follow Israel's international activities. Perhaps it is natural that Israel has been castigated more harshly for its arms sales to South Africa than for its sales to other countries: first, because there has been for a decade an arms embargo against South ...
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Posted on 20 September 2011.
 South London Apprenticeship Fair Inner City youth organisation OFFBEAT is inviting businesses, communities and young people from across South London to attend the 'South London Apprenticeship Fair' (SLAF) on the 25th October 2011. SLAF is being designed in partnership with Southwark and Lambeth councils, a network of youth delivery services, Versa and Southwark News as part of their 100 ...
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Posted on 14 September 2011.
The Birmingham school of Pan founded and Managed byJamma gives the youngsters a chance to do a lot of team work, also gives the parents in the community a chance to get involved, playing pan, percussion instruments, making food & Costumes for the band. bringing the True culture of the Steelbands ofTrinidad and Tobago to ...
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Posted on 06 August 2011.
E-Migration:  Migrants in the Digital Age RSA on 25th October at 6.30 pm Immigration used to involve packing an entire life into a suitcase and moving to a new country for good. Now, with modern communications and transport, it is far more fluid and dynamic. Modern migrants need not lose contact with their old homes; they can ...
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Posted on 27 July 2011.
Black Hair Care – Caring for Biracial Hair By Juliette Samuel Biracial Hair Care Tips Every day, our world gets smaller. Not in the sense that the Earth is shrinking in size, but in terms of cultural and racial borders. Because we are able to travel more, we are exposed to many other cultures…and the opportunity to fall ...
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Posted on 27 July 2011.
When searching the Records for The evidence of Early Black settlers in Britain. Â Evidence is to be found everywhere. It just needs searching out. Â the Old Bailey Website is an excellent source of records for evidence of Black people, living in Britain before the 20th Century. Here are some examples. Black people in the Old Bailey William Bosham ...
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Posted on 05 July 2011.
Call for Papers Writing Slavery after Beloved Literature, Historiography, Criticism International Symposium Université de Nantes – France March 16-17, 2012 Can Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987) be considered as a watershed in the contemporary representations of slavery and the slave trade, not only in the literary field, but also in historiography and Cultural Studies? This Symposium will attempt to assess whether this major ...
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Posted on 04 July 2011.
1861: Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861. 1862: Washington, D.C.: Freedmen's Hospital is established & is the only Federally-funded health care facility for Negroes in the nation. 1864: ...
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