http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Tue, 08 May 2012 18:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/05/dhakiyarr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dhakiyarr http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/05/dhakiyarr/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 19:47:40 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7087 http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dhakiyarr-wirrpanda-12885 Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda (1900–1934) Alternative Names: Tuckiar; Takia; Tarkiera; Dagier. Following the killing of a Japanese trepang crew at Caledon Bay in September 1932, a party of investigating police, led by Mounted Constable Ted Morey, came across a group of Aboriginal women on Woodah Island on 1 August 1933. Constable Stewart McColl and the women, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/05/dhakiyarr/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/mohawk-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mohawk-people http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/mohawk-people/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:07:17 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7085 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_people Mohawk are the most easterly Nation of the Iroquois Confederation. They call themselves Kanien’kehá:ka (“People of the Place of Flint”) are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous People of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York. Their territory ranged to present-day southern Quebec and Eastern Ontario. Their current settlements include areas around Lake [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/mohawk-people/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/black-hebrew-israelites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-hebrew-israelites http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/black-hebrew-israelites/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:59:18 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7083 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hebrew_Israelites Black Hebrew Israelites (also Black Hebrews, African Hebrew Israelites, and Hebrew Israelites) are groups of people mostly of Black African ancestry situated mainly in the United States who believe they are descendants of the ancient Israelites. Black Hebrews adhere in varying degrees to the religious beliefs and practices of mainstream Judaism. They are generally [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/black-hebrew-israelites/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/tuskegee-experiment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tuskegee-experiment http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/tuskegee-experiment/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:28:36 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7076 Tuskegee Airmen: 1940–1946 Tuskegee Experiment: 1932-1972 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment The Tuskegee Experiments were a 40 year Government sponsored medical study begun in 1932 that allowed 399 late stage syphilitic African American men to go untreated, even when safe and effective medical treatments were available in the 1940s. Also affected were 50 wives who were infected by their [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/tuskegee-experiment/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/maafa-african-holocaust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maafa-african-holocaust http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/maafa-african-holocaust/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:00:37 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7068 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Holocaust The terms Maafa, or alternatively African Holocaust, or Holocaust of Enslavement, are political neologisms to refer to the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Arab Slave Trade in Africa. Usage of the term Maafa was popularized by Professor Marimba Ani’s 1994 book Let the Circle Be Unbroken: The Implications of African Spirituality in the Diaspora. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/maafa-african-holocaust/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/cointelpro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cointelpro http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/cointelpro/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:49:43 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7065 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was an African-American revolutionary leftist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. The Black Panther Party achieved national and international notoriety through its involvement in the Black Power movement and U.S. politics of the 1960s and 1970s. The group’s “provocative [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/04/cointelpro/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/black-seminoles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-seminoles http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/black-seminoles/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:25:44 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7060 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida, who now reside primarily in the state of Oklahoma. The Seminole nation emerged in a process of ethnogenesis out of groups of Native Americans, most significantly Creek from what is now Georgia and Alabama, who settled in Florida in the early 18th century. The [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/black-seminoles/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/robert-wedderburn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-wedderburn http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/robert-wedderburn/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:00:47 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7049 Robert Wedderburn was born in Jamaica in 1762 to a white Scottish father and a slave mother. His family life was not one that involved a loving environment, his father sold his mother to Lady Douglass, whilst she was pregnant with Robert, stipulating that when the child was born he should be free. Robert was [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/robert-wedderburn/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/baroness-amos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baroness-amos http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/baroness-amos/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:24:29 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7043 Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954), is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. Lady Amos was born in Guyana, studied at the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and East Anglia, and was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Thames Valley University in 1995 in recognition of her work on equality and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/baroness-amos/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/baroness-scotland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baroness-scotland http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/baroness-scotland/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:33:20 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7029 Baroness Scotland was created a peer as Baroness Scotland of Asthal, of Asthal in the County of Oxfordshire, in 1997 and was raised to the Privy Council in July 2001. Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC was joint first, black woman peer Born in Dominica in 1956, and arrived in Britain at the age of 2 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/baroness-scotland/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/herb-carnegie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=herb-carnegie http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/herb-carnegie/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:47:24 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7033 Herbert H. (Herb) Carnegie, CM, O.Ont (November 8, 1919 – March 9, 2012) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican parents. In 1948, Carnegie was given a tryout with the New York Rangers and offered a contract to play in the Rangers’ minor league system. However, he was [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/herb-carnegie/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/mark-hendrick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mark-hendrick http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/mark-hendrick/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:00:06 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7026 Mark Hendrick is half Somali, he entered the Commons on November 24 2000. Many of his Commons interventions have been on European matters, where he has taken the opportunity to attack Conservative policy Mark Hendrick entered the Commons on November 24 2000, ‘Super Thursday’, when three separate by-elections were held. He succeeded the left wing [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/03/mark-hendrick/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/paul-boateng/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paul-boateng http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/paul-boateng/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:10:13 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7021 Paul Boateng was appointed as a cabinet minister on 29 May 2002 and he was the first Black Cabinet minister – 110 years after the first Black MP was elected. Paul Y. Boateng was born in 1951 to Kwaku and Eleanor Boateng, the Gold Coast ( Ghana), West Africa. He was educated at the Ghana [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/paul-boateng/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/a-new-play-belong-by-bola-agbaje-26-april-26-may/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-play-belong-by-bola-agbaje-26-april-26-may http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/a-new-play-belong-by-bola-agbaje-26-april-26-may/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:46:35 +0000 rootle http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7002 Writer, Bola Agbaje returns to the Royal Court in a new play Belong: a co-production with Tiata Fahodzi. Election lost, speeches made and controversy stirred – Kayode’s hiding. He’s not even answering the door to the cleaner, and Rita is not going to start getting out the Hoover in her designer heels. Escaping the political [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/a-new-play-belong-by-bola-agbaje-26-april-26-may/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/polgreen-bridgetower/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polgreen-bridgetower http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/polgreen-bridgetower/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:43:24 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7012 George Polgreen Bridgetower  The talented African violin Prodigy George Polgreen Bridgetower was born in Biala, Poland on February 29, 1780. His father, the African Prince was married to a German woman who is named in English documents as Mary Ann Bridgetown. They had two sons, who both became fine musicians. The younger brother, “Fredrick; ” [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/polgreen-bridgetower/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/jackie-robinson-the-montreal-royals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jackie-robinson-the-montreal-royals http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/jackie-robinson-the-montreal-royals/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=7000 The Montreal Royals were a Minor League professional baseball team located in Montreal Quebec, Canada that existed from 1897–1917 and from 1928–60 as a member of the International League and its progenitor, the original Eastern League. The Royals are most famous as the top farm club (Class AAA beginning in 1946) of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/jackie-robinson-the-montreal-royals/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/black-theatre-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 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 educates, entertains and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/black-theatre-workshop/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 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 the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/02/john-ware/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/remembering-a-legend-gil-scott-heron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2012/01/josephine-baker-and-the-parisian-jazz-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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/wallace-fard-muhammad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/si-leeds-literary-prize/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=si-leeds-literary-prize http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/si-leeds-literary-prize/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:00:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6934 SI Leeds Literary Prize is a new award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women resident in the UK aged 18 years and over.  The prize has been created and is being run by Soroptimist International of Leeds, in partnership with two well established and highly regarded literary organisations, the Ilkley Literature Festival and independent publishers Peepal Tree Press.  [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/si-leeds-literary-prize/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/murdoch-and-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=murdoch-and-race http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/murdoch-and-race/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:01:35 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6937 Contributed Post: By Roddy NewmanWhile the British media has uncovered a number of Rupert Murdoch scandals which have thankfully led to a reduction in his influence in this country, it has not reported, or has barely reported many horrible things which his media empire does in Britain, the US, and Australia. This article is about those overlooked Murdoch scandals. It discusses: 1 crucial aspect of the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/murdoch-and-race/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/the-forgotten-fighters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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/giles-heron-footballer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giles-heron-footballer http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/giles-heron-footballer/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:41 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6927 Giles Heron became the first Afro-Caribbean player to play first team football for Celtic. Heron scored on his debut, a 2-1 win against Morton during the 1951-52 season and was quickly bestowed the nicknames “Black Flash” and “Black Arrow”. Giles Heron became the first Afro-Caribbean player to play first team football for Celtic. Heron scored [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/giles-heron-footballer/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/doug-roy-brown-stoke-on-trent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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/2011/12/paul-robeson-the-gentle-gentleman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paul-robeson-the-gentle-gentleman http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/paul-robeson-the-gentle-gentleman/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:45 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6915 Paul Robeson last visited North Staffordshire on October 31, 1958 when he appeared at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, as part of his final British tour. Accompanied onstage by his longtime friend and associate Lawrence Brown, Robeson had a programme for the evening that was, as usual, extremely varied. Over the years he had extended his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/paul-robeson-the-gentle-gentleman/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/in-the-news-black-people-in-the-u-k-news-nov-december/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-the-news-black-people-in-the-u-k-news-nov-december http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/in-the-news-black-people-in-the-u-k-news-nov-december/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:00:21 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6904 Thanks to IRR Newsletter. g u a r d i a n Forensic evidence suggests Mark Duggan unarmed when shot http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/18/mark-duggan-ipcc-investigation-riots The Guardian has revealed that forensic tests have shown that Mark Duggan was unarmed when shot dead by police in Tottenham. Concerns remain over the IPCC investigation. g u a r d i a [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/in-the-news-black-people-in-the-u-k-news-nov-december/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/government-to-apologise-to-alder-family-over-police-custody-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=government-to-apologise-to-alder-family-over-police-custody-death http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/government-to-apologise-to-alder-family-over-police-custody-death/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:00:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6899 Original Article – Guardian Maya Wolfe-Robinson and Owen Bowcott The Guardian, Tuesday 22 November 2011 The government will formally apologise through the European court of human rights (ECHR) to the family of Christopher Alder, a black ex-soldier who choked to death in handcuffs on the floor of a Hull police station 13 years ago. The “unilateral declaration” made by the United Kingdom [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/government-to-apologise-to-alder-family-over-police-custody-death/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/racism-on-the-pitch-but-off-the-agenda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=racism-on-the-pitch-but-off-the-agenda http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/racism-on-the-pitch-but-off-the-agenda/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:00:06 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6892 Racism: on the pitch but off the agenda By Jon Burnett 24 November 2011, 5:00pm What should we make of recent allegations of racism in football? UNTIL recently, the narrative on racism in English football resembled something of a self-congratulatory redemption story. The forms of racist abuse that were explicit in the 1980s – fans throwing [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/racism-on-the-pitch-but-off-the-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/say-this-not-that-during-holiday-gatherings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=say-this-not-that-during-holiday-gatherings http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/say-this-not-that-during-holiday-gatherings/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:00:02 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6889 Dr. Michelle Callahan During the holidays most of us want to spend time with friends and family, while at the same time avoiding the negative comments and unnecessary disagreements that often come with these celebrations. Here are my five rules on what to say/not say to loved ones during holiday gatherings. Follow these rules to [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/say-this-not-that-during-holiday-gatherings/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/africans-in-portuguese-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=africans-in-portuguese-space http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/africans-in-portuguese-space/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:30:07 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6909 Canning House, home of The Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ, England, sponsors a regular series of Portuguese-related events; for complete information, see the “events” page at http://www.canninghouse.org/ Of particular interest is this free lecture, Friday 16th December, 18.30-19.30 : “From Invisibility to Visibility: Africans in Portuguese Space”, by Shihan de [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/africans-in-portuguese-space/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/bbc-drama-to-feature-black-band-in-1930s-britain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bbc-drama-to-feature-black-band-in-1930s-britain http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/bbc-drama-to-feature-black-band-in-1930s-britain/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:33:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6865 Dancing On The Edge is an explosive new drama series for BBC Two set in the early 1930s following a black jazz band in London during times of extraordinary change. Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Stephen Poliakoff (The Lost Prince, Shooting The Past), the five-part series follows the Louis Lester Band as they find fame amongst the parties and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/bbc-drama-to-feature-black-band-in-1930s-britain/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/legal-futures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legal-futures http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/legal-futures/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:36:20 +0000 kanja http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6850 ****LEGAL FUTURES 2011 – BURSARIES AVAILABLE!!!*****   The LEGAL FUTURES 2011, the national law careers conference for ethnic minority students, will take place on Saturday 19 November at City University. Confirmed speakers include: Joshua Rozenberg Journalist, Broadcaster & Legal Commentator Urvasi Naidoo Solicitor and Chief Executive, International Federation of Netball Associations Tim Ward QC Barrister, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/legal-futures/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/michael-beckwith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michael-beckwith http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/michael-beckwith/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:24:48 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6845 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Beckwith Michael Beckwith is a New Thought Minister, Author, and Founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California, a New Thought Church with a Congregation estimated in excess of 8,000 Members. Beckwith was Ordained in Religious Science in 1985. Michael Bernard Beckwith is Founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, co-Founder of [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/11/michael-beckwith/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/black-presence-on-the-radio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-presence-on-the-radio http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/black-presence-on-the-radio/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:04:50 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6836 Quick Reminder Blackpresence is on the Radio Today 5.15 Radio Nottingham Talking about how the CUTS affect Black History Month. Listen http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00cs2cc Guide to Online Schools is a resource with information on music and history classes if you want to learn more.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/black-presence-on-the-radio/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=notting-hill-and-other-stories-part-2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part-2/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:01:47 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6816 Accounts experiences of Policing & Governance of NHC 2011 Accounts and experiences of the policing and governance of the Notting Hill Carnival 2011 and the 6.30 shut down of the music for the masquerade bands and steel bands on Carnival Monday 29th August 2011 All the accounts in this document have been made anonymous. The [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=notting-hill-and-other-stories-part1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part1/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:01:05 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6809 Greetings, Time seems to have flown by since August last year when we saw images on our tv screens of our communities again going up in flames after a Black man had died at the hands of the police. It was a signal reminder of how quickly our memories dim when all the media outlets [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/notting-hill-and-other-stories-part1/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/the-national-archives-is-celebrating-%e2%80%98diversity-week%e2%80%99-from-8th-to-11th-november/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-national-archives-is-celebrating-%25e2%2580%2598diversity-week%25e2%2580%2599-from-8th-to-11th-november http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/the-national-archives-is-celebrating-%e2%80%98diversity-week%e2%80%99-from-8th-to-11th-november/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:36:32 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6834 The National Archives is celebrating ‘Diversity Week’ from 8th to 11th November. As part of this week four public talks will be given exploring diverse areas of our collection, some of which may be of interest to BASA members: Tuesday 8 November 2011, 14:00 Untold histories: black Britons during the period of the British slave [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/the-national-archives-is-celebrating-%e2%80%98diversity-week%e2%80%99-from-8th-to-11th-november/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/reflective-practice-in-health-and-social-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reflective-practice-in-health-and-social-care http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/reflective-practice-in-health-and-social-care/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:29:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6831   This one day conference will examine and advocate the importance of critical thinking and reflective practice in health and social care. The conference will focus on how reflective practice can enhance individual / team learning , the service user experience and service delivery. Many staff working within Social Services and the NHS at present, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/reflective-practice-in-health-and-social-care/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/new-cross-massacre-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-cross-massacre-book http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/new-cross-massacre-book/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:04:38 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6826 GEORGE PADMORE INSTITUTE in association with NEW BEACON BOOKS Invite you to the launch of THE NEW CROSS MASSACRE STORY - INTERVIEWS WITH JOHN LA ROSE prologue by Linton Kwesi Johnson and epilogue by Gus John on Thursday 17 November at 6.30pm George Padmore Institute, 76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN The New Cross Massacre Fire took place [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/new-cross-massacre-book/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/mangrove-9-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mangrove-9-event http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/mangrove-9-event/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:50:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6819 The George Padmore Institute in association with the Black Cultural Archives Invite you to a screening of Mangrove 9 Directed by Franco Rosso Produced by Franco Rosso & John La Rose (1973) On Tuesday 8th November at 7.00pm At the Karibu Education Centre 7 Gresham Road, Brixton SW9 7PH [Nearest under or overground – Brixton] The [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/mangrove-9-event/feed/ 6 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/miracle-at-stanna-cy-grant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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/flavour-magazine-celebrates-5-years-the-uk%e2%80%99s-leading-youth-lifestyle-magazine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flavour-magazine-celebrates-5-years-the-uk%25e2%2580%2599s-leading-youth-lifestyle-magazine http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/flavour-magazine-celebrates-5-years-the-uk%e2%80%99s-leading-youth-lifestyle-magazine/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:01:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6799 Flavour Magazine celebrates 5 years in print and online at its exclusive Miss Flavour event in London’s prestigious Café de Paris, 9pm-3am on Wednesday 9thNovember. Hosted by BBC 1xtra Charlie Sloth and Sarah-Jane Crawford with celebrity judge’s actor/director Adam Deacon, music artist Mz Bratt, BB from E4’s Dirty Sexy Things and SBTV’s Jamal Edwards and special headline performance by platinum recording artist Chipmunk. Flavour Magazine Co-founders Annika [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/flavour-magazine-celebrates-5-years-the-uk%e2%80%99s-leading-youth-lifestyle-magazine/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/black-british-history-education-event-8112011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-british-history-education-event-8112011 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/black-british-history-education-event-8112011/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:01:09 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6774 Dear Friends, I hope you will be interested in an event that is taking place in two weeks time, on Tuesday 8th November at the Institute of Education in the University of London. The general picture of Black British history in our schools and universities is still very bleak. There are only two universities where [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/black-british-history-education-event-8112011/feed/ 3 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/former-ups-man-takes-his-case-to-the-court-of-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-ups-man-takes-his-case-to-the-court-of-appeal http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/former-ups-man-takes-his-case-to-the-court-of-appeal/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:01:06 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6707 Clive Henry Accuses UPS Ltd of Racial Discrimination, Lawsuit Now Pending Before Court of Appeal in London & the European Human Rights Commission in Belgium. Clive Henry Vs UPS Ltd - Race Discrimination Case I worked at UPS Ltd for 11 years, with 100% attendance for seven years. I had NEVER received any disciplinary action before. In January 2008 I was asked by Manager [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/former-ups-man-takes-his-case-to-the-court-of-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/ybs-young-black-and-successful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ybs-young-black-and-successful http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/ybs-young-black-and-successful/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:07:04 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6770  YBS - Young, Black and Successful Dear Supporters, This week marks the last week in Black History Month and we at Young, Black and Successful CIC are signing off with a BANG! We have several events lined up this week and we are hoping that you’ll join us at some if not all of them. Be [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/ybs-young-black-and-successful/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/secret-history-of-the-black-pin-up-from-tease-to-sleaze/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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/dwight-johnson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 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 off [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/dwight-johnson/feed/ 0