Tag Archive | "Black Britain"
Posted on 29 October 2011. Tags: African Caribbean, Black Britain, Black History, Carnival, Notting Hill Carnival, Policing

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 original documents ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Community, Education, Events, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Racism
Posted on 26 October 2011. Tags: African British, Black Britain, Black British, Black British History Education Event, Black History

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 we know ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Colonialism, Community, Education, Europe, Slavery
Posted on 24 October 2011. Tags: Africans in Britain, Black Britain, Black British, Nigerian Lifestyle Awards, Nigerians in Britain

NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE AWARDS
Attend the NEL Awards on 28 October 2011 and join the nominees, stars, dignitaries and special guests of honour such as Jeffery Daniel (Shalamar & Nigerian Idol), Timi Dakolo (winner of West African Idol), Yeka Onka (winner of Nigerian Idol) current and previous Beauty Queens (including Miss Nigeria) for a night ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Entertainment, Lifestyle
Posted on 02 September 2010. Tags: Black Britain, Black British, Black Irish, Black Musicians, Black recording artists, Catholic, Donegal, Evon Brennan, Ghanaian, London, Nuns, Orphanage, Singers, UK

  Evon Brennan is a singer songwriter from Donegal in Ireland. Now living in London, Evon has firmly established herself on the live circuit. A unique voice...inspired by her many experiences. None more so than being Black and Irish and raised in a rural setting in Ireland. Her Mother was a Dublin girl.Her Father a ...
Posted in Arts, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Education, Entertainment, Europe, Women
Posted on 19 February 2010. Tags: Black Britain, Black History, black websites

Frequently asked Questions
Why build a site like The Black Presence in Britain?
When I had the idea to build the site, there were very few black british history resources on the Internet. It was hard to find out anything at all about the lives of black people who lived in Britain prior to the 1950's. I ...
Posted in Black Britain, Community, Education, Media, Men, Roundup
Posted on 16 October 2009. Tags: 19th Century Liverpool, Black Britain, Britains sea ports, Civil Unrest, Liverpool, Racism, black sailors, black seamen, race riots

Race riots in the U.K have occurred for some time in Britain. Some of the first recorded "Race Riots" involving black people took place in Liverpool. Liverpool has a long established black community left over from its former status as a Slave Port.
John Johnson a West Indian was stabbed in the face by 2 Scandinavians ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Law and Order
Posted on 16 October 2009. Tags: Black, Black Britain, Black History, Black Londoners, Blacks, London, Newspapers, dance

Above is a set of Newspaper articles from the 1780s.? Black Dance in London - Circa 1780s
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Education, Entertainment, Europe, Music
Posted on 21 September 2009. Tags: African Caribbean, Black Britain, Black Britons, Brixton, Caribbean Community, Civil Unrest, Police, Riots

In the Early 1980's the tensions of inner City Living and intense policing collided. Rioting erupted in inner city London. This film shows some of the events of the 1981 Brixton riots. Were you there? Do you know anyone who was there who participated in the disturbances?
Related Links:
The Met
The Scarman ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Caribbean, Community, Education, Events, Health, Law and Order
Posted on 18 September 2009. Tags: Black Britain, Black British History, Black Radicals, Dr Harold Moody, The League of Coloured Peoples

Was born in Kingston Jamaica in 1882 and came to London in 1904 to study medicine at Kings College.? Despite being an excellent student and the recipient of many prizes - Moody found it difficult to get both work and lodgings.
Eventually he set up his own successful practice in Peckham where he met and married ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Community, Education, Politics, Racism
Posted on 15 September 2009. Tags: Abolition, Black Britain, Black British, Black Londoners, London, Servants, Slavery

Black British Timeline
First era of large scale settlement of blacks in Britain. Spans period of Britain's involvement in the tri-continental slave trade. Black slaves were in attendance as sea captains sauntered through the streets. In Tottenham, All Hallows Church baptismal register records "John Cyras, Captain Madden's black" in March 1718, and at St Mary's Church, ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Events, Politics, Racism, Slavery, The Americas
Posted on 28 March 2009. Tags: Black, Black Britain, Black Film, Black akers, Blacks, Britain, British, Caribbean, Caribbeans, Derby, Films, London, News, Opera, Police, TV, actors, film, stories, writers

Tuesday 11.30am March 31st & April 7th 2009 BBC Radio 4 and on BBC i-player for 7 days after broadcast
Programme 1: Less than 50 years ago a passionate bedroom kiss between a white man and a black woman in a popular television soap opera was the stuff of tabloid headlines. So risque that, in ...
Posted in Africa, Arts, Black Britain, Community, Education, Europe, Men, Music, Politics, Racism, Women
Posted on 11 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Black, Black Britain, Black British, History, Sailors, maritime

Sailors from Africa, the West Indies and India have contributed to the life on board British ships during times of both peace and war. In times of conflict such as the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) and of large-scale international trade, large numbers of men were required to fight and work on board Royal Navy ships and ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Community, Europe, Racism, Slavery, The Americas, War
Posted on 11 March 2009. Tags: APU, Africa, African Progress Union, Black Britain, Black Doctors, Edinburg University, Health, History, London, Paddington, St Marys college, Trinidad, alcindor

John Alcindor (1873-1924) was a physician who was instrumental in the formation of the African Progress Union (APU). He was born in Trinidad and attended St Mary's College, a private school, in Port of Spain. Alcindor won one of the four Island Scholarships to attend medical school at Edinburgh University, Scotland from which he graduated ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Community, Europe, Health, Politics, Students