A reading list of books related to the ongoing Black presence in Britain, Slavery, colonialism and black Settlement in the U.K The list is by no means exhaustive! Books about Black British History Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain by Peter Fryer (Pluto Press 1984) Black England-Life before Emancipation by Gretchen Gerzina (John Murray,1995) Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by ...

When the Government of the day start to role out their ministers, in defence of a topic that they have already managed to largely keep out of the mainstream agenda, you know something's afoot.  Perhaps they sense that restless educators and equality campaigners see right through their piecemeal offerings on black British history. In recent weeks ...

Education Secretary Michael Gove, is preparing to axe Black British History figures from the School Curriculum, it emerged last week. Despite the recent pronouncement from the Coalition Government that they want to engage with minority communities, a leaked government document makes it clear that Black British Historical figures such as Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano are ...

Black British History went through something of a coming out party in the late 1990's and early naughties. Real interest arose in the contributions of Black people in Britain and The Internet brought forth a whole plethora of sites and snippets of information all with the aim of finally setting the history books straight. However, during ...

Black People in Britain Before the Windrush by Jeffrey Green. �Jeffrey Green argues that to ignore the diverse black presence in Britain prior to the 1940s is to perpetuate a distorted view of British history.`� How do we explain the widespread ignorance of the presence of people of African and Caribbean origin in British ...

Tommy Martin was born in Reading in 1916. In 1917, the family moved to Deptford. At 14 he ran away from home and joined a fairground, working in a Boxing Booth. In the late 1920s / early 30s there was always a token black boxer in a troupe, which helped draw crowds along with the slogan ...

The Annual Register Marriage Record Record of a Michael Thomas(Black) and? Ann Brandley (White) being married in Southwark on November 5th, 1770. This Morning Michael Thomas, a black, and Ann Brandley, a white, were married at St. Olave's, Southwark; but while the ceremony was performing a press-gang interrupted the minister ...

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 ...

William Davidson was a Co Conspiritor in a plan to blow up Parliament.