http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 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 admin 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/tom-molineaux/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/tom-molineaux/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:30:51 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1451 Tom Molineaux was an American boxer who settled in Britain after seeking and winning the World Boxing Title. When Tom Molineaux reached the shores of England in 1809, He came to claim the world boxing title. Presumably Molineaux had partaken in his share of matches prior to his rise as Boxer in Great Britain. However, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/tom-molineaux/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:05:00 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1142 Examiner.com 1492-1493- A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus 1494- The first Africans arrive in Hispaniola (current day Haiti – Dominican Republic) with Christopher Columbus. They are free persons. 1501- The Spanish king allows the introduction of enslaved African into Spain 1511-The first enslaved Africans arrive in Hispaniola. 1513-Thirty African accompany Vasco [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:49:16 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1028 Arthur Wharton was the world’s first Black Professional Footballer.Arthur was born to parents who were both mixed race. His father was half Grenadian and half Scottish, and his mother was half Scottish + half Fante Royal of the stool family of Ekumfie. He was also the World Record Holder for the 100 yard dash. Pictured [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/driving-in-ghana/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/driving-in-ghana/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:13:06 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=964 Driving In Ghana I remember taking my last taxi to Tema before picking up my new second hand car that came off a ship from Germany. It felt good that i was finally avoiding bartering with the greedy taxi drivers who when seeing a foreigner would double their fare. You see the taxi driver is [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/driving-in-ghana/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/high-flying-adored-15-year-old-girl-pilots-a-plane-coast-to-coast/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/high-flying-adored-15-year-old-girl-pilots-a-plane-coast-to-coast/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:35:58 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=951 This July, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike finished a record-breaking flight across the country, becoming what is believed to be the youngest African-American female to pilot an airplane from coast to coast. The adventurous teenager flew from Compton Woodley Airport in Compton, CA, to Newport News, VA ,and back, making thirteen stops along the way. Her flight [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/high-flying-adored-15-year-old-girl-pilots-a-plane-coast-to-coast/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/zuma-%e2%80%93-south-africa%e2%80%99s-president/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/zuma-%e2%80%93-south-africa%e2%80%99s-president/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 22:09:11 +0000 Africa speaks to you http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=877 There was no surprise for what proved to be a resounding victory for Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC). Zuma is the come back kid of all time; the man who against all odds came back from political abyss. In 2005 he was sacked as deputy leader of the ANC by then [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/zuma-%e2%80%93-south-africa%e2%80%99s-president/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 admin 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/is-south-africa-on-the-cusp-of-change/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/is-south-africa-on-the-cusp-of-change/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:03:34 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=836 Jacob Zuma is one step away from the Union Buildings – South Africa’s seat of power. Wednesday’s national and provincial elections are certain to see the African National Congress (ANC) leader become the new president of South Africa. But this year’s elections have been different. A new opposition party, hewn from the ruling African National [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/is-south-africa-on-the-cusp-of-change/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 admin 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