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Blackpresence » Politics http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Remembering a Legend: Gil Scott Heron http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/remembering-a-legend-gil-scott-heron/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/remembering-a-legend-gil-scott-heron/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:26:26 +0000 doodlemaster http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6982

Remembering a Legend: Gil Scott Heron Imagine it: You’re writing a piece about the key figures in recent black history. About black liberation, about the great battles against civil oppression; the 60s riots, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Apartheid and Nelson Mandela. The tragedies and the victories. The more you write about those original [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/remembering-a-legend-gil-scott-heron/feed/ 0 Josephine Baker and the Parisian Jazz Age http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/josephine-baker-and-the-parisian-jazz-age/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/josephine-baker-and-the-parisian-jazz-age/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:47:55 +0000 doodlemaster http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6959

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/josephine-baker-and-the-parisian-jazz-age/feed/ 0 Four very British Race Rows..Almost http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/british-race-rows/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/british-race-rows/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:44:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6972 Race in the Media

If , like me, you keep an eye on the British media and the way that it reports race, then you will not have let events of December 2011 go unnoticed. Seasoned observers of the media will recognise that headlines seem to be on a perpetual carousel, every now and again base reuse its [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/british-race-rows/feed/ 0 Wallace Fard Muhammad http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/wallace-fard-muhammad/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/wallace-fard-muhammad/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:49:22 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6955

Wallace Fard Muhammad was a Minister and founder of the Nation of Islam. He established the Nation of Islam’s first Mosque in Detroit, Michigan in 1930, and ministered his distinctive religion there for three years, before mysteriously disappearing in June 1934. { The Al-Rashid Mosque in Edmonton Alberta, Canada was expected to be the first [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/wallace-fard-muhammad/feed/ 0 Doug & Roy Brown – Stoke-on-Trent http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/doug-roy-brown-stoke-on-trent/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/doug-roy-brown-stoke-on-trent/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:26 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6922 Roy and Doug Brown

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. John was killed and Eugene badly injured but after the war he got married and had two sons. Eugene later died of his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/doug-roy-brown-stoke-on-trent/feed/ 0 Paul Robeson, the Gentle Gentleman http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/paul-robeson-the-gentle-gentleman/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/paul-robeson-the-gentle-gentleman/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:45 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6915

Paul Robeson last visited North Staffordshire on October 31, 1958 when he appeared at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, as part of his final British tour. Accompanied onstage by his longtime friend and associate Lawrence Brown, Robeson had a programme for the evening that was, as usual, extremely varied. Over the years he had extended his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/paul-robeson-the-gentle-gentleman/feed/ 0 **LEGAL FUTURES** http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/legal-futures/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/legal-futures/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:36:20 +0000 kanja http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6850

****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, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/legal-futures/feed/ 0 Notting Hill and other stories – Part 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part-2/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part-2/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:01:47 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6816

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part-2/feed/ 0 YBS – Young, Black and Successful http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/ybs-young-black-and-successful/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/ybs-young-black-and-successful/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:07:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6770

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/ybs-young-black-and-successful/feed/ 0 Peter Tosh (The Stepping Razor) http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/peter-tosh-the-stepping-razor/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/peter-tosh-the-stepping-razor/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:02:34 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6715

Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh (19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987), was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers (1963–1974), and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari. Genres: Reggae, ska, rocksteady, R&B Peter Tosh (also known as [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/peter-tosh-the-stepping-razor/feed/ 0 Africville http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/africville/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/africville/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:34:44 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=4382

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville Africville was a small community located on the southern shore of Bedford Basin, in the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. During the 20th Century, the City of Halifax began to encroach on the southern shores of Bedford Basin, and the community was eventually included as part of the city through Municipal Amalgamation. Africville [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/africville/feed/ 1 Tawergha, Libya, Black City, reported depopulated http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/tawergha-black-cit-reported-depopulated/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/tawergha-black-cit-reported-depopulated/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:07:48 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=4141 Black Libyans are now suffering at the hands of the Rebels

Black Libyans are now suffering at the hands of the Rebels

Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., reacting to reports in The Wall Street Journal has called for an investigation by the International Criminal Court into the reported killings of Black Libyans in the city of Tawergha. Rep. Jackson also tells The Black Star News he will ask that U.S. assistance for reconstruction and transition to democracy in Libya be conditional. The Wall [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/tawergha-black-cit-reported-depopulated/feed/ 0 Paul Robeson http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/paul-robeson/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/paul-robeson/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:10:50 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3895

Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American concert singer (bass-baritone), recording artist, athlete and actor who became noted for his political radicalism and activism in the Civil Rights Movement. Robeson was the first major concert star to popularize the performance of Negro Spirituals. He was the first Black actor [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/paul-robeson/feed/ 0 Democracy vs. Capitalism http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/democracy-vs-capitalism/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/democracy-vs-capitalism/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:25:43 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3796 Capitalism Vs Democracy

Democracy is Overrated Why every developing nation, from Iraq to Africa, needs economic freedom before political freedom By Oliver Harriehausen What does a developing nation need to become prosperous? International politics is dedicated to this question, and is usually answered when rich Western governments patronizingly announce a) what makes their country special, and b) [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/democracy-vs-capitalism/feed/ 1 Rights vs Rules – it’s not about race http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/rights-vs-rules-its-not-about-race/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/rights-vs-rules-its-not-about-race/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:36:02 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3564

Recently An Afro-Caribbean teenager has won a ruling that St Gregory’s Catholic Science College in Kenton, Harrow, north London was applying a cornrows ban in a way which amounted to “unjustified” indirect racial discrimination. The Schools decision to ban hairstyles it says have become associated with gang culture has resulted in the boy being excluded from school, in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/rights-vs-rules-its-not-about-race/feed/ 4 The Politics of Postcolonialism: Empire, Nation and Resistance http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/postcolonialism/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/postcolonialism/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:44:01 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3561 Politics of-post-colonialism

A strong argument for returning the focus of postcolonial studies to its roots as a tool for political activism among people of the third world. The Politics of Postcolonialism: Empire, Nation and Resistance Rumina Sethi Released July 4th 2011 PB / £ 17.99 / 9780745323633 / 215mm x 135mm / 192 pp [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/postcolonialism/feed/ 0 Black Belt; Bible Belt.. http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/black-belt-bible-belt/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/black-belt-bible-belt/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 16:47:00 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3411 Black Church

The Black Belt is a Region of the Southern United States. Although the term originally described the Prairies and dark soil of Central Alabama and Northeast Mississippi, it has long been used to describe a broad Agricultural Region in the American South characterized by a history of Plantation Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century, and a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/black-belt-bible-belt/feed/ 0 Chi Onwurah, MP http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/chi-onwurah-mp/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/chi-onwurah-mp/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:56:14 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3184

Chi Onwurah, MP Labour MP for Newcastle Central. Entered Parliament May 6th General Election 2010. Chinyela ‘Chi’ Onwurah was born in Newcastle in 1965. She attended Kenton School before studying Electrical Engineering, graduating from Imperial College in 1987. Ms Onwurah worked in hardware and software management, product management, market development and strategy for a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/chi-onwurah-mp/feed/ 0 Cameron Attacks top Universities about low Black Entrance http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/cameron-attacks-top-universities-about-low-black-entrance/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/cameron-attacks-top-universities-about-low-black-entrance/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:03:49 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3177 Black Students conspicuous in their absence.

Black Students conspicuous in their absence.

The Prime Minister , David Cameron this week criticised Oxford University for only admitting One black student in 2010, a figure Oxford University dispute, Mr Cameron was answering questions from members of the public at a “PM Direct” event in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. “I saw figures the other day that showed that only one [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/cameron-attacks-top-universities-about-low-black-entrance/feed/ 3 Black Britons Civil Rights Struggle – Should it be taught in schools? http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/civilrights/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/civilrights/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:03:21 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3088 Claudia Jones - Civil Rights Activist

History classes in the National Curriculum will often gloss over slavery, idolize the efforts of William Wilberforce and study the methods of Martin Luther King’s struggle for civil rights. For many young Black people in Britain, one would argue that it is very easy for them to recall the names of US Civil Rights icons, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/civilrights/feed/ 10 Black History Month – Why we still need it http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-month-why-we-still-need-it/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-month-why-we-still-need-it/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:03:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2679 French Colonial Troops

by P Gregory: Owner Editor of the Black Presence Website. So, Black History Month 2010 is upon us, and as I sit here and take a breather after working hard to get the website to a state of readiness, I wonder how long it will be before the mud starts flying? Black History Month, is [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-month-why-we-still-need-it/feed/ 3 Black History Refreshed by Mother Country http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-refreshed-by-bournes-latest/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-refreshed-by-bournes-latest/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:09:27 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2286 Mother Country - Stephen Bourne

Black British History went through something of a coming out party in the late 1990′s and early naughties. Real interest arose in the contributions of Black people in Britain and The Internet brought forth a whole plethora of sites and snippets of information all with the aim of finally setting the history books straight. However, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-history-refreshed-by-bournes-latest/feed/ 8 Malcolm X ? by Any Means Necessary http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:59:01 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2754

http://malcolmxfiles.blogspot.com/ “Recently when I was blessed to make a religious pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca where I met many people from all over the world, plus spent many weeks in Africa trying to broaden my own scope and get more of an open mind to look at the problem as it actually is, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/malcolm-x-by-any-means-necessary/feed/ 0 Martin Luther King, I have a Dream http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/martin-luth-king-i-have-a-dream/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/martin-luth-king-i-have-a-dream/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:21:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2746

Amazon.co.uk Widgets]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/martin-luth-king-i-have-a-dream/feed/ 0 Why do we need black history month? – Have your say http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/why-do-we-need-black-history-month-have-your-say/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/why-do-we-need-black-history-month-have-your-say/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:53:27 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2726 BHM 2010

As it’s Black History month in October here in the U.k a question has been raised as to the relevance of BHM. I have outlined my feelings in Black history Month, why we still need it. However, I want to know how other people feel about it. I asked Toyin Agbetu, founder of the Ligali [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/why-do-we-need-black-history-month-have-your-say/feed/ 15 C.L.R. James – Writer http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/c-l-r-james-writer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/c-l-r-james-writer/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:25:41 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2645 CLC James

� CLR (Cyril Lionel RobertJames was a Marxist writer, political commentator, and Cricket lover. One of his most famous works is “The Black Jacobins”; a biography of “Tousaint Louverture” the Haitian Revoloutionary. Born in Trinidad, he attended the Queen’s Royal College on the island before becoming a cricket journalist and also writing fiction. In 1932, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/c-l-r-james-writer/feed/ 3 Paying Tribute to the Black Hair Conversation http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/paying-tribute-to-the-black-hair-conversation/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/paying-tribute-to-the-black-hair-conversation/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:07:31 +0000 msafropolitan http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2597 Solange Knowles - Afro Wig

This is a Contributed Article by Minna Salami from http://www.msafropolitan.com/ I like the perspective that India.Arie and Akon have in ‘I am not my hair’.It’s not a new song, most of you have heard it, danced to it, chanted it, maybe even as a spiritual practice of sort! Jokes aside, a very powerful message often [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/paying-tribute-to-the-black-hair-conversation/feed/ 4 John Richard Archer – Britains first Black Mayor – 1913 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/john-richard-archer-britains-first-black-mayor-1913/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/john-richard-archer-britains-first-black-mayor-1913/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:40:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2426

John Richard Archer was Britain’s first black Mayor. He was also the first black person to hold Civic Office in Britain as Councillor, Alderman and then mayor. Archer was born in Liverpool in 1836 to a Barbadian father and an Irish mother. He settled in Battersea in London around 1890 with his black Canadian wife, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/john-richard-archer-britains-first-black-mayor-1913/feed/ 0 Baroness Valerie Amos-Politician http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/baroness-valerie-amos-politician/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/baroness-valerie-amos-politician/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:12:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2507

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954), was a British Labour Party politician and life peer, she served as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954), is a British Labour Party politician and life peer, served as [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/baroness-valerie-amos-politician/feed/ 1 Bernie Grant – MP http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/bernie-grant-mp/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/bernie-grant-mp/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:19:13 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2504 Bernie Grant MP

The Late Bernie Grant was Britain’s foremost black spokesman, a champion of social and racial justice, and a pioneer for diversity. Born in Guyana, and resident in Britain since 1963, Bernie Grant worked as a British Railways clerk,he was also National Union of Public Employees area officer, and as a partisan of the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/bernie-grant-mp/feed/ 2 Almost British-New Book Highlights Prison Injustice http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/new-book-highlights-prison-injustice/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/new-book-highlights-prison-injustice/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:02:47 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2303

Occasionally here at blackpresence we get sent manuscripts advertising upcoming books. We always try to support quality work our online community, none more so than the upcoming book “Almost British” from Author Olivea M Ebanks. The Passion that this book is written with shines through. Olivea’s determination, not just to take on the establishment and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/new-book-highlights-prison-injustice/feed/ 1 KS3 Britain’s Black History – Black Britons http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/ks3-britains-black-history-black-britons/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/ks3-britains-black-history-black-britons/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:48:09 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2432

There has been a Black Presence in the British Isles since Roman time. In more recent Centuries the black presence is well documented should you care to look for it. Teachers TV offers this Introductory video, which you can download from their site to start you in your investigations. Historian Tony Warner explains how the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/ks3-britains-black-history-black-britons/feed/ 0 Black Britons – Race Riots in South Shields and Liverpool http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-britons-race-riots-in-south-shields-and-liverpool/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-britons-race-riots-in-south-shields-and-liverpool/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:28:21 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2344 Yemeni Protester being led away

Black Britons – Race Riots in South Shields The first race riots to take place in Britain were in South Shields (Tyneside). A number of Arab and Somali seamen had settled there in the 1860′s, and theses populations were added to by West African and West Indian Seamen who settled in North shields before the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-britons-race-riots-in-south-shields-and-liverpool/feed/ 0 Inter Racial Couple Deported – S.O. 5 Apr. 1913 p8 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/couple-were-deported-s-o-5-apr-1913-p8/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/couple-were-deported-s-o-5-apr-1913-p8/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:40:11 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/couple-were-deported-s-o-5-apr-1913-p8/

Couple Were Deported – S.O. 5 Apr. 1913 p8, originally uploaded by snap-happy1. A Mixed Race Couple were Deported to the United States from Canada, in part of anti-Miscegenation laws. 1913]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/couple-were-deported-s-o-5-apr-1913-p8/feed/ 0 African Prisoner of War WW1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:07:59 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/ African Prisoner of War in World War One

African Prisoner of War in World War One

“Die Farbiger”, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. A coloured French soldier (Troupes de Marine), most likely Senegalese is singled out to have his photograph taken with a Uhlan NCO and military official. Many of the Senegalese and other colonial troops were in the Troupes de Marine and were reported to have fought with incredible valour and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/die-farbiger/feed/ 0 Three French Prisoners of War http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:06:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/ Three French Prisoners of War

Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120 Letter on reverse (below) with admin stamp from Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 120 and postage cancelled 8.6.1918 at an unspecified location. Three French Prisonniers de Guerre, two of whom are Senegalese [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/three-french-prisonniers-de-guerre-landwehr-inftr-regt-nr-120/feed/ 0 The Massacre of the Senegalese WW1 1914 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:05:32 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/ The Massacre of the Senegalese WW1 1914

” Amazon.co.uk Widgets]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/volkerkrieg-nachtangriff-der-senegalneger-auf-einen-deutschen-schutzengraben-am-27-oktober-1914/feed/ 0 Need help with money? – Go to the Ant http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/need-help-with-money-go-to-the-ant/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/need-help-with-money-go-to-the-ant/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 19:36:54 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1938

‘Go to the ant’, is a Simple but effective guide for day-to-day money management. Inspired by Martin Lewis‘s (money experts) quick wit and mind challenging money saving ideas, family man and entrepreneur Isaac Carter thought it was time to embark on a new journey. This journey would consist of giving the people around him key [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/need-help-with-money-go-to-the-ant/feed/ 0 Keep the Faith Magazine http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/keep-the-faith-magazine/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/keep-the-faith-magazine/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 17:41:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1932

As part of our collaboration Project Black Presence is continuing to publish articles about other Black websites. Keep the Faith Magazine is the U.K’s leading Black Christian Magazine. Below is a message from Marcia Dixon introducing you to the magazine. This month’s Keep The Faith, Britain’s leading magazine about black faith, is filled with plenty [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/keep-the-faith-magazine/feed/ 0 Uk General Election – who to vote for? http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/04/uk-general-election-who-to-vote-for/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/04/uk-general-election-who-to-vote-for/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:18:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1920 Minority Ethnic MPs in the British Parliament

Minority Ethnic MPs in the British Parliament

With the UK general election called for May 6th 2010.? It’s time to make sure you are registered to vote. To register to vote you can visit About My vote Now there are a great many of you who will be saying that they don’t like politicians, and that what do politicians actually do for [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/04/uk-general-election-who-to-vote-for/feed/ 0 Taste of Africa http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/04/taste-of-africa/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/04/taste-of-africa/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:17:50 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1900 African Food

‘Taste of Africa’ events help raise awareness of the Personal Food Imports campaign within the African community Check the rules about personal food imports before you travel – this was the message to members of the African community attending a series of local Taste of Africa events held across London last weekend. The Taste of [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/04/taste-of-africa/feed/ 1 African Voices book launch http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/african-voices-book-launch-2/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/african-voices-book-launch-2/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:58:01 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1886 L-R Kwaku (BBM/BMC), Feargal Sharkey (UK Music), John Kennedy (IFPI), Billy Grant (2Point9) and Horace Trubridge (MU)

L-R Kwaku (BBM/BMC), Feargal Sharkey (UK Music), John Kennedy (IFPI), Billy Grant (2Point9) and Horace Trubridge (MU)

Article By Kwaku – britishblackmusic.com A free conference, which for the first time in the UK music industry’s history, drew upon the widest constituency, from key to marginalised stakeholders, plus ministerial representation, took place Tuesday March 23 2010, at the House Of Commons. The Copyright + Music Industry + Music Industry Education: 2010, Where Are [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/african-voices-book-launch-2/feed/ 0 Nyansapo Radio – Thriving African owned Media http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/nyansapo-radio-thriving-african-owned-media/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/nyansapo-radio-thriving-african-owned-media/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:58:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1856

Yesterday I received an email from the ligali website. Ligali describes itself as a Pan Africanist human rights Organisation. Ligali Often send me their updates and newsletters, which depending on whether I have a moment to myself I read and digest or sadly leave them to quickly disappear in the the tides of messages in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/nyansapo-radio-thriving-african-owned-media/feed/ 0 African/Black Media must unite to deliver clear message http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/africanblack-media-must-unite-to-deliver-clear-message/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/africanblack-media-must-unite-to-deliver-clear-message/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:26:44 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1837 African Unity Online, more than just a dream?

African Unity Online, more than just a dream?

BlackPresence website is now 12 years old and many changes have befallen the internet since its inception. We have gone from a time when there was hardly any black presence on the Internet to having a massive amount of black owned, black run websites, all singing their own songs. It has long occurred to me [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/africanblack-media-must-unite-to-deliver-clear-message/feed/ 15 W.E Du Bois http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/w-e-du-bois/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/w-e-du-bois/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:48:36 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1820 W-E-DuBois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on (February 23, 1868? he was an American civil rights activist,Pan-Africanist,sociologist,historian,author, and editor. He grew up in Great Barrington, a predominately Anglo American town. His Mother, Mary Silvina Burghardt’s family was part of the very small free black population of Great Barrington, having long owned land in the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/w-e-du-bois/feed/ 0 Sir Bill Morris http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/bill-morris/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/bill-morris/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:29 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1605 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/bill-morris/feed/ 0 John La Rose – Poet and Activist http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/john-la-rose-poet-and-activist/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/john-la-rose-poet-and-activist/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:00:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1602

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/john-la-rose-poet-and-activist/feed/ 0 The Death of Joy Gardner http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-joy-gardner-death/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-joy-gardner-death/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:00:58 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1487

The late Mrs.Joy Gardner died on 28.7.93, after being gagged and restrained with a body belt at her home, whilst being served with a deportation order – leaving a 7 year old son. Police officers were charged with manslaughter, and later acquitted. She had come to visit her mother, Myrna Simpson, but overstayed her 6 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-joy-gardner-death/feed/ 0 Joseph Knight – Escaped Slave http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/joseph-knight/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/joseph-knight/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:53:31 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1397 Slave auction

Joseph Knight was born in Africa, and taken as a slave to Jamaica. He was sold to a Scottish landowner. He was taken to Scotland in 1769. Three years later a ruling in England (see Somersett’s Case) cast doubt on the legality of slavery under the common law. Assuming this applied to the rest of [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/joseph-knight/feed/ 2 WW1 – Campaign in German East Africa. http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/ww1-campaign-in-german-east-africa/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/ww1-campaign-in-german-east-africa/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:39:20 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/ww1-campaign-in-german-east-africa/ Askari

German East Africa, campaign in (1914-18). In 1914 Germany possessed four colonies in sub-Saharan Africa: Togoland, Cameroons, South-West Africa (now Namibia), and East Africa (now Tanzania). The fight for the fourth of these has most captured the public imagination. The last German troops did not surrender until two weeks after the Armistice in Europe, on [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/ww1-campaign-in-german-east-africa/feed/ 0