Tuskeegee Airman, originally uploaded by RickRaven. Fantastic photo of one of the Tuskeegee Airmen

Millie-Christine Dead - S.O. 11 Oct. 1912 p1, originally uploaded by snap-happy1. An unsympathetic news report regarding African American Siamese Twins. Who Died in 1912

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

Lennox Lewis was Britains last Heavyweight Champion boxer. Despite a reputedly high, undisclosed personal wealth, Lennox Lewis remains one of the most likeable sporting personalities of this century. Lennox Claudius Lewis was born in Stratford, London on 2 September 1965. His names could not be more aptly chosen as Lennox is Gaelic and means 'chieftain' ...

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 ...

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 state. ...

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 ...

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, ...

In the UK the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) - an umbrella group which launches and co-ordinates responses to major disasters overseas - has launched a Haiti Earthquake Appeal. Disasters Emergency Committee The DEC represents 13 charities, many of which have bases around the world: * ActionAid * British Red Cross * CAFOD * Care International UK * Christian Aid * Concern Worldwide * Help ...

Chris Ofili is an Artist known for his controversial use of Elephant dung in his work. He is also a former winner of the Turner Prize. Ofili was born in Manchester in 1968. He studied fine art at the Chelsea School of Art and completed a master's degree in painting at the Royal College of ...

Joseph Knight was a slave born in Africa and sold in Jamaica to a Scottish owner. 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 Britain he demanded wages ...

Claudia Jones founded the first major black post- war newspaper -The West Indian Gazette; and also helped launch the Notting Hill Carnival.? Claudia Jones was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in 1915 Cladia moved with her family to Harlem. She had a short education as she was plagued by lung and heart problems, which would persist for ...