http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/the-forgotten-fighters/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/the-forgotten-fighters/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6930 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/the-forgotten-fighters/feed/ 1 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/miracle-at-stanna-cy-grant/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/miracle-at-stanna-cy-grant/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:02:01 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6777 29th October. Two archive films (incl. SONGS OF PROTEST) in the morning for our tribute event to the late great, Cy Grant, introduced by Arthur Torrington of the Windrush Society. In the afternoon we have an introduced and rare screening (formerly ‘banned’ by the distributors) of Spike Lee’s WW2 film, Miracle at St. Anna. Audiences [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/miracle-at-stanna-cy-grant/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:38:35 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6761 http://www.badassoftheweek.com/dwightjohnson.html You don’t really think of Vietnam as being a tank warfare kind of affair. Sure, there were plenty of intense, groin-crushing battles fought during the vicious multi-year slugfest through the jungles of Southeast Asia, but most of these showdowns were the ambush / search-and-destroy sort of events, with infantrymen slogging through armpit-deep mud, fighting [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/soft-lights-and-sweet-music-elisabeth-welch-on-screen/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/soft-lights-and-sweet-music-elisabeth-welch-on-screen/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:30:18 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6755 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/soft-lights-and-sweet-music-elisabeth-welch-on-screen/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/haile-selassie-emperor-of-ethiopia/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/haile-selassie-emperor-of-ethiopia/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:04:19 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=4384 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Tafari Haile Selassie I (Ge’ez: , “Power of the Trinity”) (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia’s Regent from 1916 to 1930, and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The Heir to a Dynasty that traced its origins to the 13th Century, and from there, by Tradition, back to [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/haile-selassie-emperor-of-ethiopia/feed/ 0 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/remembering-cy-grant/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/remembering-cy-grant/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:21:31 +0000 Torrington http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=4256 REMEMBERING CY GRANT Triple Bill celebrating the life of Guyanese lawyer, singer, writer, broadcaster, cultural activist, actor. In the drama They Met in a City: The Encyclopaedist (tx 11/4/61). BBC. Written by John Mortimer. 30min), a salesman from Trinidad tries to sell a set of encyclopeadia to a housewife on London’s Chelsea-Fulham border. The documentary [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/remembering-cy-grant/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/somalia/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/somalia/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:41 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3853 A plausible etymology proposes that the term Somali is derived from the Arabic for “Wealthy” (dhawamaal), referring to Somali riches in Livestock. The history of Islam in the Horn of Africa is as old as the religion itself. The early persecuted Muslims fled to the Axumite port city of Zeila in present-day Somalia to seek [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/somalia/feed/ 0 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   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 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/walter-tull-video/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/walter-tull-video/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 18:42:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3390 The inspirational story and autobiographical details about Walter Tull, a black professional footballer in the early 1900s who went on to fight in the First World War. Walter was only the second black player in football league history when he played for Tottenham Hotspur in 1909 and, later, Northampton Town. During his time in the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/walter-tull-video/feed/ 0 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walters-war-part-1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walters-war-part-1/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:28:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2766 Warning: Some of this content may not be suitable for younger viewers. Brilliant Drama about Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army who was also the first black footballer to score a goal in british football. Starring the talented O-T Fagbenle and written by award winner Kwame Kwei Armah]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walters-war-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walter-tull-first-black-army-officer-video/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walter-tull-first-black-army-officer-video/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:23:37 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2763 Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was the first black officer in the British Army, and the second black player in the top division of the Football League. Also played football for spurs and Northampton town if wasnt for war he may signed for Glasgow rangers, walter tull was played [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/walter-tull-first-black-army-officer-video/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/the-archaeology-of-black-britain/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/the-archaeology-of-black-britain/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:26:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2587 “The Archaeology of Black Britain: Approaches, Methods and Possible Solutions” Case study: North African soldiers at Aballava (Burgh-by-Sands) Richard Paul Benjamin, Postgraduate Researcher University of Liverpool Alan M. Greaves, Lecturer University of Liverpool There is an on-going debate regarding the presence or otherwise of black people in Britain in antiquity. The basic problem with this [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/the-archaeology-of-black-britain/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-british-soldiers-joseph-gasford/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-british-soldiers-joseph-gasford/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:21:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2349 Far from Home; A Brief Record of the Life, Military Service and Death of Joseph Gasford; A Black Bandsman of the 89th Foot; Late of St. Domingo and Gosport, Hampshire. By John D Ellis. Joseph Gasford was born in French governed St. Domingo, (modern day Haiti and the Domincan Republic), in 1785. Whether he was [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/black-british-soldiers-joseph-gasford/feed/ 0 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:46:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2113 This clip from a War Department film shows African-American soldiers being trained for combat during World War 2. The Tuskegee Airmen are seen flying fighter planes in the U.S., while other soldiers train in arctic conditions. There’s no year given, but it’s probably 1942 or 1943.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/the-negro-soldier/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:25:30 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2105 Throughout History the role of the black soldier has been underplayed in Western Armies. Black people have fought in all the Major European Armies including those of Poland and Germany. African American troops fought in Both world Wars and subsequent conflicts. African colonial troops fought in the First World War in Europe. Look through the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-soldiers/feed/ 0 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/ “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 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 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 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/ ” 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:01:32 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/ A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914 Note on reverse (see below) dated 28.11.1914. One of a series of pictures taken by a German orderly at a first-aid station located [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/a-wounded-senegalese-prisoner-of-war-is-carried-to-a-bandaging-station-november-1914/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:59:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/ Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front, originally uploaded by drakegoodman. Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front Nothing on reverse.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/pour-la-france-french-colonial-troops-killed-on-the-western-front/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/aunt-esthers-story/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/aunt-esthers-story/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:02:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1772 In 1991 Stephen Bourne and his adopted aunt, Esther Bruce (1912-94), collaborated on her autobiography Aunt Esthers Story. This is now recognised as one of the first books to document the life of a Black working-class Londoner. In 2007 Bourne assisted in the production of a short documentary, also called Aunt Esther’s Story, with no [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/aunt-esthers-story/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:47:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1597 Found this excellent video on Youtube today, some footage of African American Jazz music in the 40′s.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/swing-dancing-from-the-movie-hellzapoppin-1941/feed/ 0 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-war-in-kaffirland-article-from-1851/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-war-in-kaffirland-article-from-1851/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:07:51 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1546 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/the-war-in-kaffirland-article-from-1851/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/congo-dying-for-help-why-bother/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/congo-dying-for-help-why-bother/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:01:31 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1501 by the Right Hon. The Lord David Alton of Liverpool November 19th marked the Centenary Anniversary of the Great Congo Demonstration when , one hundred year ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Christian leaders, along with many Peers and fifty Members of Parliament assembled at the Royal Albert Hall to protest against the abuses by [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/congo-dying-for-help-why-bother/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/queen-amina-queen-of-zaria/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/queen-amina-queen-of-zaria/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:00:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1478 This queen of Zazzua, a province of Nigeria now known as Zaria, was born around 1533 during the reign of Sarkin (king) Zazzau Nohir. She was probably his granddaughter. Zazzua was one of a number of Hausa city-states which dominated the trans-Saharan trade after the collapse of the Songhai empire to the west. Zaria’s wealth [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/queen-amina-queen-of-zaria/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/cy-grant-a-war-memoir/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/cy-grant-a-war-memoir/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:30:30 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1328 Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join the Royal air Force and was a commissioned office by 1943. He later became a Prisoner of War and later a TV personality. Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/cy-grant-a-war-memoir/feed/ 0 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/ 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/test/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/test/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:42:45 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1208 The first world war 1914-1918 saw a significant number of Africans arrive in Britain to fight. The second and larger wave of Afro-Caribbean’s arrived in Britain during the course of the Second World war 1939-1945. In all, Several thousand workers migrated as volunteers fight in the RAF and other branches of the armed forces, and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/test/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/ayo-johnson-vincent-magombe-on-africa-today-part-1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/ayo-johnson-vincent-magombe-on-africa-today-part-1/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 21:49:36 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=873 Western media depiction of African affairs — Part 1 Vincent Magombe Ebere Nzewuji Ben TV Vuyiswa Ngqobongwana.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/ayo-johnson-vincent-magombe-on-africa-today-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/walter-tull/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/walter-tull/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 01:09:46 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=466 Walter Tull was born in Folkestone on 28th April 1888. His father was a carpenter from Barbados who had moved to Folkestone and married a local woman. By the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents, and when he was 10 he and his brother Edward were sent to a Methodist orphanage in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/walter-tull/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/black-heroes-played-key-roles-in-the-texas-revolution/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/black-heroes-played-key-roles-in-the-texas-revolution/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 08:52:14 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=832 By SARAH MOORE April, 19, 2009 A free African-American in 1836 rendered “valuable assistance” to the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution, according to a historical marker on his grave near Nacogdoches. Records show that William E. Goyens and many others -slaves and freemen and indentured servants – all were involved in the revolution 173 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/black-heroes-played-key-roles-in-the-texas-revolution/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africa-least-integrated-but-worst-hit-by-the-crisis/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africa-least-integrated-but-worst-hit-by-the-crisis/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:22:26 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=838 Even though it is the least integrated with the global economy, Africa may be the worst hit region by the global economic crisis. Each of the four channels through which the crisis is affecting Africa has a particularly nefarious impact. Read full article>>]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africa-least-integrated-but-worst-hit-by-the-crisis/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/maersk-alabama-captain-rescued-by-rear-adm-michelle-howards-ship/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/maersk-alabama-captain-rescued-by-rear-adm-michelle-howards-ship/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:57:57 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=855 MAERSK-ALABAMA CAPTAIN RESCUED BY REAR ADM. MICHELLE HOWARD’S SHIP Whoa! Nope, this is one you SURE DIDN’T HEAR on the news. The ship that rescued the Maersk-Alabama’s captain was skippered by a BLACK FEMALE REAR ADMIRAL? Get OUT of here! If you’re like me, you briefly saw her in some news clips, and (like me) [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/maersk-alabama-captain-rescued-by-rear-adm-michelle-howards-ship/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/a-tale-of-a-forgotten-people-pt1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/a-tale-of-a-forgotten-people-pt1/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:01:12 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=799 A Tale of a Forgotten People By Vava Tampa Outside public eyes in a remote corner of Africa and literally under the world’s radar screen, a country is sinking in a river of blood! Mothers crying! Fathers and sons trading hot metals! Neighbours, in alliance with local armed groups, seething through the thick dense forest [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/a-tale-of-a-forgotten-people-pt1/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africans-in-wartime-propaganga-part2/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africans-in-wartime-propaganga-part2/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:16:29 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=801 Frances policy of using African Troops across europe was unpopular. Italian Propaganda Poster Boccasile, Gino Sottoscrivete (3 Prisoners), 1942 African American soldiers are depicted in a negative way by the Italian Fascists.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africans-in-wartime-propaganga-part2/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africans-in-wartime-propaganda/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africans-in-wartime-propaganda/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:16:08 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=773 You would be surprised the amount of people who are totally ignorant about the role of black troops in both World Wars, and even in subsequent wars. Furthermore, the use of Black troops in European armies was extremely controversial in the first part of the 20th Century. Africans have been depicted both positively and negatively [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/africans-in-wartime-propaganda/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:58:33 +0000 User Contibuted Article http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=487 Walter Tull was born at 16 Allendale Street, Folkstone in April 1888. His father was a joiner from St Thomas Parish in Barbados and came to Britain in 1876. He married a local girl from Folkestone in 1880 and together they had six children. In 1897, Walter and his siblings were orphaned when first his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/facebook-petition-for-awarding-walter-tull-a-posthumous-military-cross/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/facebook-petition-for-awarding-walter-tull-a-posthumous-military-cross/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:30:55 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=476 An MP has begun campaigning for the Military Cross to be awarded posthumously to a former Northampton Town footballer killed in World War I. Walter Tull, the first black infantry officer in the British Army, was mentioned in dispatches for “gallantry and coolness” on the Italian Front. He died in action in 1918, but because [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/facebook-petition-for-awarding-walter-tull-a-posthumous-military-cross/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-soldiers-in-the-polish-military/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-soldiers-in-the-polish-military/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:56:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=423 THE BLACK SONS OF POLAND by Capt. Zbigniew W. (Adalbert) GamskiRichmond, British Columbia, CanadaChairman of the Eng. Zglenicki Charity Foundation – PolandSource: http://forum.poland.com/index.php?showtopic=1566 It was a 1920 Polish-Soviet War. A new country just freshly reborn after few centuries of occupation by Prussia, Russia and Austria was eager to show to the rest of the world [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-soldiers-in-the-polish-military/feed/ 3 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/john-blanke/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/john-blanke/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:17:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=400 It appears that John Blanke, an African trumpeter, was a regular musician at the courts of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Musicians’ payments were noted in the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, who was responsible for paying the wages. There are several payments recorded to a ‘John Blanke, the blacke trumpeter‘. This [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/john-blanke/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/african-sailors-in-britain/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/african-sailors-in-britain/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:07:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=316 Sailors from Africa, the West Indies and India have contributed to the life on board British ships during times of both peace and war. In times of conflict such as the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) and of large-scale international trade, large numbers of men were required to fight and work on board Royal Navy ships and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/african-sailors-in-britain/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/war-child/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/war-child/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:31:23 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=302 GUA Africa was founded by Emmanuel Jal, an ex-child soldier turned rap artist. The word GUA (pronounced gwaah) means peace in Nuer, a tribal language of Southern Sudan. Emmanuel Jal was just three years old when civil war broke out in Sudan, it was a war that would last 22 years killing an estimated 2 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/war-child/feed/ 0