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Evon Brennan – Black, Irish Singer/Songwriter

Evon Brennan

Evon Brennan is a singer songwriter from Donegal in Ireland. Now living in London, Evon has firmly established herself on the live circuit. A unique voice...inspired by her many experiences. None more so than being Black and Irish and raised in a rural setting in Ireland. Her Mother was a Dublin girl. Her Father a Ghanaian medical student studying at Dublin ...

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Denise Lewis – Athlete

Denise Lewis

Denise Lewis is a Black British Athlete, a superb all-round talent. Denise progressed to the highest world-class at the heptathlon, her highest accolade was the Olympic gold medal she won in Sydney. She achieved a best of 5277 points in her first year at the event in 1989. She was Britain's woman athlete of the year ...

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Black History Refreshed by Mother Country

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, ...

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Are Black Non-Profits Drowning?

Non Profit Organisation

Black non-profit organisations are fighting for air as they currently feel the financial squeeze. Funding, funding and more funding is what nearly every non-profit organisation wants or fears they may not receive. The other pulling factor is that their valuable work is not being recognised. So what you will find is that many organisations end ...

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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

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Inter Racial Couple 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

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Students How to curb your debt

Go to the Ant - Financial Advice

The recent report published Universities UK, which represents vice-chancellors, in which it concluded that University tuition fees should more than double to 6,500 Pounds per year is once again a reminder of just how expensive higher education is in Britain today. The above report is to be taken into account by the new Coalition Government in ...

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Black Hair – How do you look after it?

Dealing with Afro Hair

If like me, you are sitting there thinking, huh this old chestnut again then I'm sorry, but I have serious issues dealing with my black hair and how to look after it. I guess it should start by stating that I'm mixed race so my hair is neither European hair or African Hair. It is ...

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Annie Gross tried for Murder 1912

Annie Gross

Annie Gross was a black entertainer from America. She and her husband Harry had been working in New York before touring British Music Halls. Harry Gross had left Annie for an actress called Jessie Mackintosh, they were living in actors lodgings in Coram Street, Central London. He had been in a song ...

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The Single Womens guide to dating dilemas, drama and desire

Relationship Help

Time: May 22, 2010 from 10am to 4pm Location: The Grange Organized By: info@nbwn.org Event Description: Email info@nbwn.org for more information For the first time ever www.sistatalk.co.uk brings together the biggest names in the relationship and dating arena to deliver a one day workshop looking at genuine and practical ways for women to get what they desire and NEED out ...

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Actor Wil Johnson joins forces with transplant patients

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

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Aunt Esther’s Story – Stephen Bourne

Stephen bourne and his aunt Esther

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 money, ...

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Joseph Knight

Joseph Knight was slave who won his freedom through Scottish Courts

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