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Blackpresence » The Americas http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Black Theatre Workshop http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/black-theatre-workshop/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/black-theatre-workshop/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6988

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/black-theatre-workshop/feed/ 0 John Ware http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:08:42 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6986

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ware_(cowboy) John Ware (c. 1845 – 12 September 1905) was an African-American and later Black Canadian cowboy, best remembered for his ability to ride and train horses and for bringing the first cattle to southern Alberta in 1882, helping to create that province’s important ranching industry. Ware was born into Slavery in South Carolina. After [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/feed/ 0 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 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 Secret History of the Black Pin Up: From Tease to Sleaze http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/secret-history-of-the-black-pin-up-from-tease-to-sleaze/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/secret-history-of-the-black-pin-up-from-tease-to-sleaze/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:57:18 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6763 Black-pinup

Secret History of the Black Pin Up: From Tease to Sleaze I recently wrote about the seemingly lackluster existence of Black pin up models from the 1950′s… here and here. A collector, historian, and publisher by the name of Jim Linderman contacted me and divulged that he’d written and self-published a book detailing the life [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/secret-history-of-the-black-pin-up-from-tease-to-sleaze/feed/ 2 Malcolm X http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:51:34 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6717

Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the Rights of African Americans, a man who indicted White America in the harshest terms for its [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/feed/ 1 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 Captain Paul Cuffe http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/captain-paul-cuffe/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/captain-paul-cuffe/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:03:29 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=5694 Cuffe

(NEW BEDFORD, Mass.) — It took nearly two hundred years but New Bedford now has a lasting tribute to Captain Paul Cuffe in the form of a park, dedicated today in his honor at the southern foot of historic Johnny Cake Hill. Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) was the free-born son of an African father and a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/captain-paul-cuffe/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 Henry Jerome http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/henry-jerome/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/henry-jerome/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:36:57 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3911 Henry (Harry) Jerome

Henry “Harry” Winston Jerome, OC (September 30, 1940 – December 7, 1982) was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the Grandson of John Howard, a Railway Porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he moved to North Vancouver at age 12. In 1970 he was made [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/henry-jerome/feed/ 3 Richard Pierpoint http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/richard-pierpoint/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/richard-pierpoint/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:31:03 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3906 Richard Pierpont

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pierpoint Richard Pierpoint (Senegal 1744 – Canada 1838), also known as Black Dick and Captain Dick, was born about 1744 in Bondu, Senegal. When he was about sixteen he was captured and sold as a Slave. He survived the crossing of the Atlantic and was sold in New York to a British Officer named [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/richard-pierpoint/feed/ 0 American Imperialism http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/american-imperialism/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/american-imperialism/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:18:30 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3790

American Imperialism is a term referring to the political, economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. The concept of an American Empire was first popularized in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War of 1898 and the annexation of the Philippines. Thomas Jefferson, in the 1780s, awaited the fall of the Spanish empire: “… [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/08/american-imperialism/feed/ 0 Blacks, Slavery, and Movies… http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/blacks-slavery-and-movies/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/blacks-slavery-and-movies/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:38:52 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3750

http://clutchmagonline.com/2011/06/is-hollywood-courting-slavery/ Is Hollywood Courting Slavery? Thursday Jun 16, 2011 – by Black Voices — Slave stories might become the new ‘Black’ in Hollywood. Today, the Shadow And Act film blog revealed that Paris-based Other Angle Pictures picked up a French slavery comedy for international distribution. ‘Case Départ’ is scheduled for a July 6 release in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/blacks-slavery-and-movies/feed/ 0 Black People in Health Care http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:43:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3678 Black Healthcare Workers

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. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/black-healthcare-workers/feed/ 1 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 Negroes and Blacks – Slavery http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:23:51 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3534 Slave Shackles

Some authorities argue that the very idea of Race should be abandoned. They say that there are no pure Races, that all so-called Races are the result of intermarriage between people of different stocks. There is only one Race, the Human Race. In the United States the division of the population into White and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/feed/ 1 Hey man, who cut your Hair…? http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/hey-man-who-cut-your-hair/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/hey-man-who-cut-your-hair/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:02:40 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3421 Hey Man, Who cut your hair?

HAIR: Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen Give me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longer Here baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy Hair, flow it, show it Long as God can grow, my hair — Afro-Textured Hair: Afro-Textured Hair is a term used to refer [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/hey-man-who-cut-your-hair/feed/ 2 Michael Augustine Healy, African-American Ancestry http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 16:58:10 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3416

Michael Healy — Cabin-Boy who sailed on the American East Indian Clipper Jumna in England in 1854. He quickly became an expert Seaman, and rose to the Rank of Officer on Merchant vessels. He became the first African-American to Command a ship of the United States Government. Michael Augustine Healy (September 22, 1839 – August [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/michael-augustine-healy/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 The Slave Trade – James Walvin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/the-slave-trade-james-walvin/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/the-slave-trade-james-walvin/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 20:11:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3328 The Slave Trade - Walvin

When I was asked to review “The Slave Trade” By James Walvin, It was with some trepidation because I had read many books on the Slave Trade during my time as a student and expected some weighty and wordy tome. That would have to be waded through and then deciphered before I could even begin to think of writing [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/the-slave-trade-james-walvin/feed/ 0 Who Brought the Slaves to America? http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/who-brought-the-slaves-to-america/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/who-brought-the-slaves-to-america/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 16:44:52 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3330

The story of the slaves in America begins with Christopher Columbus. His voyage to America was not financed by Queen Isabella, but by Luis de Santangelo, who advanced the sum of 17,000 ducats (about 5,000 pounds-today equal to 50,000 pounds) to finance the voyage, which began on August 3, 1492. Columbus was accompanied by five [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/who-brought-the-slaves-to-america/feed/ 0 Black & Proud http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/black-proud/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/black-proud/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:48:13 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3211

August 9, 2010 – It’s like the damn Planet of the Apes. Nothing Makes Sense, said Fox News Glenn Beck in a recent rant against President Obama and the America he has created. It was one of the angriest and most thinly veiled racist rants in recent history but simply a continuation of his general [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/black-proud/feed/ 0 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 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 Eric Eustace Williams http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/eric-eustace-williams/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/eric-eustace-williams/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:00:59 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2719

Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 � 29 March 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago He served from 1956 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian. Eric Williams was a descendant from the de Boissiere family which made its fortune trading African slaves illegally after slave [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/eric-eustace-williams/feed/ 0 Black American GIs Park Street Bristol – During World War II http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:45:15 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/

Black American GIs Park Street Bristol – During World War II, originally uploaded by brizzle born and bred.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/black-american-gis-park-street-bristol-during-world-war-ii/feed/ 0 Tommy Martin – Black British Boxer http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/tommy-martin-black-british-boxer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/tommy-martin-black-british-boxer/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:35:55 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2397 Tommy Martin - Boxer

Tommy Martin was born in Reading in 1916. In 1917, the family moved to Deptford. At 14 he ran away from home and joined a fairground, working in a Boxing Booth. In the late 1920s / early 30s there was always a token black boxer in a troupe, which helped draw crowds along with the slogan [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/tommy-martin-black-british-boxer/feed/ 2 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 Joseph Emidy – Musician http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/joseph-emidy-musician/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/joseph-emidy-musician/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:56:28 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2413 Joseph Emidy Performs in Truro, Cornwall

Joseph Emidy Performs in Truro, Cornwall

Joseph Emidy (also spelt Emedy or Emedee) had been second violin in the orchestra of the Lisbon opera house before being pressed into the Royal Navy in 1795. Born in West Africa in c.1775 JOSEPH ANTONIO EMIDY was enslaved as a child by Portuguese traders, taken to Brazil and subsequently Portugal where he became a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/joseph-emidy-musician/feed/ 0 Tuskeegee Airman http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:57:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/

Tuskeegee Airman, originally uploaded by RickRaven. Fantastic photo of one of the Tuskeegee Airmen]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/tuskeegee-airman/feed/ 1 Millie-Christine Dead ? S.O. 11 Oct. 1912 p1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:43:14 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/

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]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/millie-christine-dead-s-o-11-oct-1912-p1/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 Lennox Lewis – Black British Boxer http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:57:36 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2123

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’ [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/feed/ 1 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 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 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 Jackie Robinson – Baseball Player http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/jackie-robinson-baseball-player/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/jackie-robinson-baseball-player/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:00:11 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1472 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, he [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/jackie-robinson-baseball-player/feed/ 0 Haiti: How to help http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/haiti-how-to-help/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/haiti-how-to-help/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:15:24 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1583

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/haiti-how-to-help/feed/ 0 Chris Ofili – Artist http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/chris-ofili-artist/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/chris-ofili-artist/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:00:50 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1459

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/chris-ofili-artist/feed/ 1 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 Claudia Jones – Activist http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/claudia-jones-activist/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/claudia-jones-activist/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:31:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1358

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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/claudia-jones-activist/feed/ 0 Francis Barber-Servant http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/francis-barber/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/francis-barber/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:10:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1347

Francis Barber was a servant and companion to the writer Samuel Johnson.? Francis Barber was born in Jamaica around 1735. He came to Britain with a planter from the island. For one year he went to school in the small village of Barton nr Darlington in Yorkshire England. Then, as he got older he entered [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/francis-barber/feed/ 1 Norman Beaton – Actor http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/norman-beaton/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/norman-beaton/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:20:19 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1339 Norman Beaton (Centre)

Norman Beaton was a teacher turned actor. He will be best remembered for his role as Peckhams best loved Barber in the hit T.V show ‘Desmonds‘. Norman Lugard Beaton was born in Georgetown Guyana. Beaton attended Queen’s College in Guyana until he was expelled for truancy and bad grades. He was given a second chance [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/norman-beaton/feed/ 0 Olaudah Equiano-Abolitionist http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/olaudah-equiano/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/olaudah-equiano/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:44:59 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1311

Olaudah Equiano, later to be known as (Gustavus Vassa) was born in what is today, Nigeria. Kidnapped from his African village at the age of eleven, and sold to a Virginia planter. He was later bought by a British naval Officer, Captain Pascal, as a present for his cousins in London. Equiano bought his freedom [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/olaudah-equiano/feed/ 0 Hispanics of African ancestry facts http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:05:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1142

Examiner.com 1492-1493- A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus 1494- The first Africans arrive in Hispaniola (current day Haiti – Dominican Republic) with Christopher Columbus. They are free persons. 1501- The Spanish king allows the introduction of enslaved African into Spain 1511-The first enslaved Africans arrive in Hispaniola. 1513-Thirty African accompany Vasco [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/feed/ 0 Ira Aldridge – The Black Tradgedian http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/ira-aldridge-the-black-tradgedian-listen/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/ira-aldridge-the-black-tradgedian-listen/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:42:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1263 Ira Aldridge

Aldridge was already, he was a keen actor and he realised that his prospects of Success in racially segregated America were essentially poor. He made his debut on the English stage and was described as’ the first night of the celebrated American Tragedian in a new and effective melodramatic romance called ‘The Revolt of Surinam [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/ira-aldridge-the-black-tradgedian-listen/feed/ 0 Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:32:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1254 Nobel Peace Prize winner

President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on the 9th of October 2009. I what many see as a shock decision Obama was awarded the Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples”. Many observers publicly stated that they felt that it as “too early” in Mr Obamas Presidency [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/feed/ 0 Mixed-Race Couple Confronted With Racist Question, Stalked, Then Gunned Down In Arizona http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/mixed-race-couple-confronted-with-racist-question-stalked-then-gunned-down-in-arizona/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/mixed-race-couple-confronted-with-racist-question-stalked-then-gunned-down-in-arizona/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:02:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1248 Gunned down for being in love?

PHOENIX, AZ — Phoenix police say the gunning down of an interracial couple by a stranger in a local Phoenix park is being investigated as a possible hate crime. A 39-year-old white female was shot to death after being confronted with a racist question about being with her black boyfriend, Jeffrey Wellmaker. The couple was [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/mixed-race-couple-confronted-with-racist-question-stalked-then-gunned-down-in-arizona/feed/ 0 Vincent Bunting-WWII Fighter Pilot http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:11:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/

Vincent Bunting was born in Panama in June 1918 and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He became a fighter pilot and joined No 611 Squadron in December 1942. After being promoted to Warrant Officer, Bunting served with No 132 Squadron flying Spitfires. In October 1944 he was transferred to No 154 Squadron. Whilst leaded a section [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/vincent-bunting-wwii-fighter-pilot/feed/ 1