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/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   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 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/2011/10/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 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 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/2011/10/the-n-word/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/the-n-word/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:50:21 +0000 Daniella http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6532 The N Word… Sick of mama screaming that “Get a job, nigga” Pressed to the limit, got to rob me a nigga Simple and plain, my man scooped me in a hooptie Wispered in his ear “This is what we got to do, G” Got to bang a nigga and bang a nigga good So [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/the-n-word/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/vogue-apologizes-for-slavery-trend-piece/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/vogue-apologizes-for-slavery-trend-piece/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:02:39 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3875 Italian Vogue apologizes for Slavery trend piece. Digs hole deeper: Periodically, fashion has its Zoolander moments—those idiotic decisions by arbiters of the industry that trivialize real human suffering for the sake of controversy. In the 2001 parody movie there was the homeless-inspired Derelicte clothing line. In real life, there was the Duncan Quinn ad with [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/vogue-apologizes-for-slavery-trend-piece/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/operation-hope-recovery-postponed/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/operation-hope-recovery-postponed/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:50:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=4146 Dear Friends, Operation Hope & Recovery scheduled for Friday night 16 September at Marsham Street has been postponed due to clashes with a number of other community events. It is now scheduled for late October and details will be posted on the website shortly. Thanks for your commitment to making a difference. This is a small glitch in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/09/operation-hope-recovery-postponed/feed/ 0 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/biracial-hair/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/biracial-hair/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:10:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3768 Black Hair Care – Caring for Biracial Hair By Juliette Samuel Biracial Hair Care Tips Every day, our world gets smaller.  Not in the sense that the Earth is shrinking in size, but in terms of cultural and racial borders.  Because we are able to travel more, we are exposed to many other cultures…and the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/biracial-hair/feed/ 1 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 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/2011/06/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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/3548/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/3548/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:00:13 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3548 From death row in Pennsylvania, launch of a new book in the UK   cc JAILHOUSE LAWYERS PRISONERS DEFENDING PRISONERS v THE USA By Mumia Abu-Jamal Foreword by Angela Y. Davis, Introduction by Selma James Published by Crossroads Books Price: £11.99 Free to Prisoners. (See order form below.) Donations welcome to help cover costs.     Launch events in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/3548/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/14000professors-just-50-are-black/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/14000professors-just-50-are-black/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:52:17 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3538 The Guardians Education Correspondent, Jessica Shepherd wrote at the end of May: Call from leading black academics that an urgent culture change is needed at UK universities as figures reveal just 50 black British professors out of more than 14,000, and the number has barely changed in eight years, according to data from the Higher [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/14000professors-just-50-are-black/feed/ 2 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   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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/6th-international-conference-of-caribbean-womens-writing-comparative-critical-conversations/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/6th-international-conference-of-caribbean-womens-writing-comparative-critical-conversations/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:49:58 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3495 6th International Conference of Caribbean Women’s Writing: Comparative Critical Conversations Friday 24 and Saturday 25 June 2011 Registration Fee: £70 (£35 students) Download Registration Form. Caribbean Women’s Literature as a body of work has become rooted in the region and across the diaspora. As a result, critics and teachers engaged in discovering, interpreting and disseminating [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/6th-international-conference-of-caribbean-womens-writing-comparative-critical-conversations/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/naomi-campbell-compared-to-chocolate-bar/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/naomi-campbell-compared-to-chocolate-bar/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:04:32 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3423 Naomi Campbell vs. Cadbury Model Naomi Campbell says she’s considering legal action in response to an ad that compares her to a Dairy Milk Bliss bar. A new ad for Cadbury chocolate is leaving a bitter taste with Naomi Campbell. The supermodel is looking at “every option available,” including legal action, in response to a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/naomi-campbell-compared-to-chocolate-bar/feed/ 2 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/run-for-congo-women-3-july/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/run-for-congo-women-3-july/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 22:28:34 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3395 Run for Congo Women 3 July…and help women traumatised by the human conflict to rebuild their lives Take part in our 10K Run for Congo, in Regents Park, London,  on 3 July and help women devastated by the human conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (where 5.5 million have died) to rebuild their lives. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/run-for-congo-women-3-july/feed/ 0 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/cleo-laine-jazz-singer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/cleo-laine-jazz-singer/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:00:13 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3301 Cleo Lain was one of Britains Biggest names in Jazz. She was part of the hugely successful British band led by the acclaimed John Dankworth.   Cleo Laine had modest beginnings as a singer in English dance halls, She has gone on to achieve international fame by continually expanding her talents in a career which [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/cleo-laine-jazz-singer/feed/ 0 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/blog-television-anti-blackness/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/blog-television-anti-blackness/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:02:13 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3157 Why is it that most, if not all Black men on television are bald, without hair on their heads? The distinguishable curly, or Afro-textured, hair of Black People is missing, or ‘deleted’. All Black men must be without hair on television, it seems. And all Black Women must have straight hair, not at all curly. Black [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/04/blog-television-anti-blackness/feed/ 16 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/tb-awareness-raising-campaign/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/tb-awareness-raising-campaign/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:21:55 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3110 HPA North West and partners launch TB Awareness-Raising Campaign As the resurgence of tuberculosis that began in the 1980s continues at local and national levels, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West, NHS North West, the charity TB Alert and the region’s Primary Care Trusts are launching a campaign to raise awareness of the disease. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/03/tb-awareness-raising-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/11/book-of-negroes/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/11/book-of-negroes/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:25:39 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2868 Aminata Diallo, an 11-year-old child, is taken from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea in a coffle � a string of slaves. Eventually, she arrives in South Carolina where she begins a new life as a slave. Years later, she finds freedom, serving the British in the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/11/book-of-negroes/feed/ 0 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/prostate-cancer-whats-stopping-you/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/prostate-cancer-whats-stopping-you/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:49:55 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2752 What is stopping you man, what is stopping you from living the live that was meant for you? Is it the fear of the doctor? Is it the fear of showing your parts to a doctor? Or the probing, or the intrusive tests? Is it your ignorance, in that you know something is wrong with [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/prostate-cancer-whats-stopping-you/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dounne-alexander-business-leader/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dounne-alexander-business-leader/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:52:47 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2672 Dounne Alexander is the founder of “Grammas” herbal foods and has won such national awards as ‘Black Businesswoman of the Millennium’ and inclusion in the list of 100 Great Black Britons. She was born in Trinidad, and came to Britain with her parents in 1962. She worked for 22 years as a Chemical/Bacteriological technician and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dounne-alexander-business-leader/feed/ 2 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 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-cleo-laine/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-cleo-laine/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:37:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2491 Cleo Laine was one of Britains Biggest names in Jazz. She was part of the hugely successful British band led by the acclaimed John Dankworth. Cleo Laine had modest beginnings as a singer in English dance halls, She has gone on to achieve international fame by continually expanding her talents in a career which spans [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-cleo-laine/feed/ 0 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-shirley-bassey/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-shirley-bassey/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:51:19 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2405 Shirley Bassey was born in Cardiff in 1937. She went on to become one of Britains premiere entertainers. Shirley Bassey has indeed risen from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest female performers in the world today. Shirley Veronica Bassey was born on January 8, 1937, the youngest of seven children. She grew up [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/dame-shirley-bassey/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/evon-brennan-black-irish-singersongwriter/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/evon-brennan-black-irish-singersongwriter/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:19:32 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2408     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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/evon-brennan-black-irish-singersongwriter/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/denise-lewis-athlete/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/denise-lewis-athlete/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:15:17 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2253 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/denise-lewis-athlete/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/are-black-non-profits-drowning/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/are-black-non-profits-drowning/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:51:40 +0000 Samantha Watson http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2258 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/08/are-black-non-profits-drowning/feed/ 3 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 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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/students-how-to-curb-your-debt/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/students-how-to-curb-your-debt/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:01:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2209 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/students-how-to-curb-your-debt/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-hair-how-you-look-after-it/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-hair-how-you-look-after-it/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:14:15 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2196 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/black-hair-how-you-look-after-it/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/annie-gross-tried-for-murder-1912/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/annie-gross-tried-for-murder-1912/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:12:48 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2186 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 and dance act [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/annie-gross-tried-for-murder-1912/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/the-single-womencs-guide-to-dating-dilemmas-drama-and-desire/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/the-single-womencs-guide-to-dating-dilemmas-drama-and-desire/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 19:52:51 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1943 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/the-single-womencs-guide-to-dating-dilemmas-drama-and-desire/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/actor-wil-johnson-joins-forces-with-transplant-patients/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/actor-wil-johnson-joins-forces-with-transplant-patients/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1845 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/03/actor-wil-johnson-joins-forces-with-transplant-patients/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/calling-all-artists/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/calling-all-artists/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:56:38 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1746 Call for submission open to poets, writers, journalists, bloggers and graphic artists from all backgrounds and origins. We invite you to write in solidarity for Haiti. You can send us poems, song lyrics, short stories, opinion pieces, drawings, paintings or photographs. The work must be about or inspired by Haiti, its people and its culture. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/calling-all-artists/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/senegal-unveils-30-million-statue-whilst-her-people-live-in-poverty/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/senegal-unveils-30-million-statue-whilst-her-people-live-in-poverty/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:36:24 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1532 Senegal, long held up as a great example of African democracy has it seems slipped into the mire of unreasonable corruption and despotism. What else could possibly explain the actions of President Abdoulaye Wade? Wade commissioned the building of the “African Renaissance”, it was billed as Africa’s Statue of Liberty, an artistic colossus to celebrate [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/senegal-unveils-30-million-statue-whilst-her-people-live-in-poverty/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/moira-stuart-gets-job-back-at-the-bbc/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/moira-stuart-gets-job-back-at-the-bbc/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:19 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1520 Moira Stuart has accepted another job at the BBC, on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Radio 2. Stewart who was Britain’s first African-Caribbean female newsreader became? the subject of huge controversy when she originally left the BBC in 2007, with many observers concluding the BBC was intent on getting rid of its middle-aged female [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/moira-stuart-gets-job-back-at-the-bbc/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/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