Posted on 17 July 2010. Tags: Annie Gross, Black Edwardians, Black actors, Chicago, Crime, Jeffery Green, Jessie Macintosh, London, Murder, The Daily Mail, The Times, The illustrated Police News

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 ...
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Posted on 18 October 2009. Tags: Black actors, Brixton, Connaught Theatre, Desmonds, Guyana, Norman Beaton, The tempest

Norman Beaton was a teacher turned actor. He will be best remembered for his role as Peckhams best loved Barber in the hit T.V show 'Desmonds'.
Norman Lugard Beaton was born in Georgetown Guyana.
Beaton attended Queen's College in Guyana until he was expelled for truancy and bad grades. He was given a second chance at ...
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Posted on 13 October 2009. Tags: Black Actors in Europe, Black actors, Ira Aldridge, Lodz, Othello, Poland, Shakespear, The moor, actor

Aldridge was already, he was a keen actor and he realised that his prospects of Success in racially segregated America were essentially poor.
He made his debut on the English stage and was described as' the first night of the celebrated American Tragedian in a new and effective melodramatic romance called 'The Revolt of Surinam ( ...
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Posted on 10 March 2009. Tags: Arts, Black, Black actors, Blaxploitation, DVD, Movies, film

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., Dec 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) Brand-New Online Destination for African-Americans Launches As Holiday Shopping Season Begins Codeblack Interactive today unveiled the world's largest online destination devoted exclusively to African-American movies, books and video on-demand with the launch of www.codeblack.com. The announcement was made by ...
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