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Posted on 04 May 2009. Tags: Army, awards, Black, Blacks, British, England, football, France, London, Military, Racism, schools, Somme, Spurs, Tottenham, Troops, War

Walter Tull was born in Folkestone on 28th April 1888. His father was a carpenter from Barbados who had moved to Folkestone and married a local woman. By the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents, and when he was 10 he and his brother Edward were sent to a Methodist orphanage in ...
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Posted on 14 April 2009. Tags: Africa, African, Africans, Army, Congo, Crime, Death, Economics, ethnicity, Europe, Genocide, Holocaust, Politicians, Politics, president, Sudan, Troops, violence, War, Women

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 to ...
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Posted on 16 March 2009. Tags: Armed forces, Army, black soldiers, blacks in the armed forces, football, Military Cross, Political Campaign, Posthumous Medal, Somme, Walter Tull, WW1

An MP has begun campaigning for the Military Cross to be awarded posthumously to a former Northampton Town footballer killed in World War I.
Walter Tull, the first black infantry officer in the British Army, was mentioned in dispatches for "gallantry and coolness" on the Italian Front.
He died in action in 1918, but because his family ...
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Posted on 12 March 2009. Tags: African, Army, Black History, History, john blanke, King Henry VIII, Military, Music, Trumpet

It appears that John Blanke, an African trumpeter, was a regular musician at the courts of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Musicians' payments were noted in the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, who was responsible for paying the wages.
There are several payments recorded to a 'John Blanke, the blacke trumpeter'. This trumpeter ...
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Posted on 06 March 2009. Tags: Army, Black, Blacks, children, Community, Discrimination, equality, Ethiopians, Israel, Jewish, kids, Racism, schools, society, Soldiers, Troops

Israel refuses to let them give blood
Israel got caught throwing away Ethiopian blood from the blood banks. A similar disclosure a decade ago sparked protests and widespread outrage in a community that has long complained of racial discrimination.
"We are healthy people, like everyone else," said 24-year-old Galit Maarat, "It's unjust, a terrible affront." There are ...
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Posted on 03 March 2009. Tags: 19th Century, Africans, Army, Black British, black soldiers, British, Caribbeans, Jamaica, Military, Racism, society, War


The Visual Representation, Role and Origin of Black Soldiers in British Army Regiments During the Early Nineteenth Century.
Presented by Mr John D Ellis as part of the requirement of the MA Degree in Nineteenth Century Culture and Society.
University of Nottingham, September 2000.
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Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, America, American, Americas, Antigua, Army, Black, Black British, Blacks, Britain, British, Canada, Death, equality, France, Hair, Health, Jamaica, Liverpool, London, Military, Moors, Navy, negro, News, Nurse, senegal, slaves, Soldiers, surgeon, Trade, Troops, Trumpet, Wales, War, Williams


It would of course be easy to leave such men as
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Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, African, Africans, American, Army, beauty, Black, Blacks, Britain, British, Census, Congo, Crime, Economics, Education, Ethiopians, ethnicity, Events, exploitation, France, Genocide, Hair, History, Holocaust, Media, mixed, Murder, News, Personalities, Politics, president, race, Racing, Racism, Racist, revellers, schools, slaves, Spurs, Uganda, violence, War


Rwandan Genocide: Why it happened and Why it shouldn’t have happen The year 2004 marked the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide in which 1,000,000 Rwandans were slaughtered over the course of 100 days, although some officials reported a span of 8 weeks….
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