Bill Morris was born in Bombay, Jamaica in 1938 and lived with his parents (his mother was a domestic science teacher, his father a part-time policeman) in a small rural village, Cheapside, Manchester. He was educated at nearby Mizpah School where his ambition was to play cricket for the West Indies. Bills plans to attend a ...

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. The ...

John La Rose is a political and Cultural activist. He came to Britain from Trinidad where he had been working as General Secretary to the West Indian Independence Party. John La Rose is a political and Cultural activist. He came to Britain from Trinidad where he had been working as General Secretary to the West Indian ...

Found this excellent video on Youtube today, some footage of African American Jazz music in the 40's.

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, ...

In the UK the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) - an umbrella group which launches and co-ordinates responses to major disasters overseas - has launched a Haiti Earthquake Appeal. Disasters Emergency Committee The DEC represents 13 charities, many of which have bases around the world: * ActionAid * British Red Cross * CAFOD * Care International UK * Christian Aid * Concern Worldwide * Help ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon: King is recognized as a martyr by two ...

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 we are getting ...

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 ...

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 newsreaders. Ms ...