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Actor Wil Johnson joins forces with transplant patients

Posted in African, Black Britain, Black Britons, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Education, Health, Men, News, Students, Women on March 11th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment

Actor Wil Johnson joins forces with transplant patients in new TV Campaign to encourage more Black donors Established actor, Wil Johnson has joined forces with NHS Blood and Transplant to lend further support to a new campaign designed to increase the number of people from BME communities on the NHS Organ Donor Register. The actor features alongside ...

Cyrille Regis – Footballer

Posted in Black Britain, Black Britons, Black Presence, Caribbean, Community, Education, History, Men, Sports on February 28th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
Regis

Cyrille Regis, Is a famous black British footballer, he was one of the earliest black players in the modern leagues. The striker, whose trademark was scoring highly spectacular goals, began his playing career at West Brom with star players like Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson, Derek Statham, Len Cantello and Tony 'Bomber' Brown. Regis broke into the ...

Lenny Henry – Othello

Posted in African, Arts, Books, Caribbean, Community, Egypt, History, Men on February 28th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
Lenny Henry as Othello

If you missed the opportunity to see Lenny Henry Play Othello on the Theatre Circuit last year, you'll be pleased to know that the BBC ran it on Radio4 Today. you can also listen to the programme that followed Henry as he prepared for the role. Listen to the whole Play here on iPlayer.

Black Presence Owner answers a few questions about the site

Posted in Black Britain, Black Britons, Black Presence, Community, Education, Media, Men, Roundup on February 19th, 2010 by admin – 1 Comment
blackpresence Owner-Phil

Frequently asked Questions Why build a site like The Black Presence in Britain? When I had the idea to build the site, there were very few black british history resources on the Internet. It was hard to find out anything at all about the lives of black people who lived in Britain prior to the 1950's. I ...

Clyde Best MBE – Footballer

Posted in Black Britain, Black Britons, Caribbean, Education, Europe, History, Men, Sports on February 18th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
Clyde Best

Clyde Best was one of the first black footballers to succeed in the English Football League and paved the way for a whole generation to make their way into the professional game. Clyde Best made 186 appearances for West Ham United in a six year spell at Upton Park and bagged a respectable 47 goals. ...

Sir Bill Morris

Posted in Black Britain, Black Britons, Business, Caribbean, Education, Europe, History, Men, Politics, Students on February 17th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
Sir Bill Moriss

Bill Morris was born in Bombay, Jamaica in 1938 and lived with his parents (his mother was a domestic science teacher, his father a part-time policeman) in a small rural village, Cheapside, Manchester. He was educated at nearby Mizpah School where his ambition was to play cricket for the West Indies. Bills plans to attend a ...

John La Rose – Poet and Activist

Posted in Arts, Black Britain, Black Britons, Black Writing, Books, Caribbean, Community, Education, Environment, History, Media, Men, Poetry, Politics, The Americas on February 16th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
John La Rose

John La Rose is a political and Cultural activist. He came to Britain from Trinidad where he had been working as General Secretary to the West Indian Independence Party. John La Rose is a political and Cultural activist. He came to Britain from Trinidad where he had been working as General Secretary to the West Indian ...

African American-Swing Dancing from the Movie Hellzapoppin’ (1941)

Posted in African American, Arts, Education, Entertainment, Men, Music, War on February 15th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
helzapoppin

Found this excellent video on Youtube today, some footage of African American Jazz music in the 40's.

Jackie Robinson – Baseball Player

Posted in African American, Education, Environment, History, Men, Sports, The Americas, War on January 31st, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 October 24, 1972) was the first African American Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to openly play in the major leagues since the 1880s, ...

The War in Kaffirland – Article from 1851

Posted in African, Education, History, Men, War on January 14th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
Letter from Captain

London Illustrated News - June 21, 1851 We have been favoured with the following intelligence, and the accompanying sketch, by an Officer serving in Kaffirland: - Camp, Fort White, April 20th, 1851. " As I have an opportunity of writing, which may not soon occur again, and as you no doubt wish to know how we are getting ...


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