Posted on 26 October 2011.
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 ...
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Posted on 24 October 2011.
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 ...
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Posted on 03 October 2011.
(NEW BEDFORD, Mass.) — It took nearly two hundred years but New Bedford now has a lasting tribute to Captain Paul Cuffe in the form of a park, dedicated today in his honor at the southern foot of historic Johnny Cake Hill. Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) was the free-born son of an African father and a Native ...
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Posted on 09 September 2011.
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American concert singer (bass-baritone), recording artist, athlete and actor who became noted for his political radicalism and activism in the Civil Rights Movement. Robeson was the first major concert star to popularize the performance of Negro Spirituals. He was the first Black actor of the ...
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Posted on 04 October 2010.
As it's Black History month in October here in the U.k a question has been raised as to the relevance of BHM. I have outlined my feelings in Black history Month, why we still need it. However, I want to know how other people feel about it. I asked Toyin Agbetu, founder of ...
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Posted on 29 September 2010.
Dounne Alexander is the founder of "Grammas" herbal foods and has won such national awards as 'Black Businesswoman of the Millennium' and inclusion in the list of 100 Great Black Britons. She was born in Trinidad, and came to Britain with her parents in 1962. She worked for 22 years as a Chemical/Bacteriological technician and ...
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Posted on 26 September 2010.
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 ...
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Posted on 21 September 2010.
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 ...
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Posted on 21 September 2010.
Lenny Henry is one of Britains best known Comedians. Over the last decade Lenny Henry has risen from being a cult star on children's television to being one of Britain's best known and loved personalities - who has had a crucial influence on the creation of black-centred comedy and characters. His character creations range from Brixton's favourite ...
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Posted on 18 September 2010.
Here at Black Presence we are always glad to receive information about black History Month Events. As Black History month approaches (October in the U.K) Councils and organisations are starting to send in their information. We will relay it to you as we get it. Croydon Celebrates Black History by: remembering people, places and events ...
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Posted on 07 September 2010.
Shirley Bassey was born in Cardiff in 1937. She went on to become one of Britains premiere entertainers. Shirley Bassey has indeed risen from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest female performers in the world today. Shirley Veronica Bassey was born on January 8, 1937, the youngest of seven children. She grew up in Tiger ...
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Posted on 02 September 2010.
  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 ...
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Posted on 23 August 2010.
Denise Lewis is a Black British Athlete, a superb all-round talent. Denise progressed to the highest world-class at the heptathlon, her highest accolade was the Olympic gold medal she won in Sydney. She achieved a best of 5277 points in her first year at the event in 1989. She was Britain's woman athlete of the year ...
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Posted on 07 July 2010.
? Linford Christie's title collection includes an Olympic, a World Championship, three European, three Commonwealth, ten European Cup and four World Cup medals. Linford was the first man to retain the World Cup 100m title and in 1997 won a record 7th European Cup title. From 1995 to 1997 he was the inspirational captain of the men's ...
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Posted on 17 February 2010.
In 1991 Stephen Bourne and his adopted aunt, Esther Bruce (1912-94), collaborated on her autobiography Aunt Esthers Story. This is now recognised as one of the first books to document the life of a Black working-class Londoner. In 2007 Bourne assisted in the production of a short documentary, also called Aunt Esther's Story, with no money, ...
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Posted on 06 January 2010.
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, there ...
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Posted on 05 January 2010.
Randolph Turpin was a black British boxer in the 1940's/50s.? He has been described as the most exciting personality to grace the British boxing scene in the 1940s and 50s. Randolph came from a fighting family.? His elder brother , Dick, was the first black boxer to fight for and win a Lonsdale belt, his ...
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Posted on 25 October 2009.
Sarah Forbes was a Yoruba girl captured by the King of Dahomey in 1848 during a war in which her parents were killed. She was given as a present to Commander Forbes when he was visited Dahomey as an emissary of the British Government in 1850, and she subsequently took Forbes' name as well as ...
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Posted on 21 October 2009.
In the 18th Century, some Black people in the Eighteenth Century were considerably more privileged than most. One such Woman was Dido Elizabeth Bell Lindsay. Dido was the daughter of Captain John Lindsay of the Royal Navy. She was born in England to an African mother who was captured from a Spanish ship. Dido lived in Kenwood ...
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Posted on 15 September 2009.
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, ...
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Posted on 12 September 2009.
Before David Grant found fame as a solo artist and lately as a vocal coach on TV programmes such as Fame Academy and also as a contemporary Gospel artist, he was in a '80s Brit-funk group called Linx. From making and selling their 12-inch single of 'You're Lying' in shops like City Records in Holborn, they ...
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Posted on 13 March 2009.
About 300 people attended Monday night's dedication in St, Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, of a memorial plaque to Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97), the leading black abolitionist. Equiano had been baptised at the Church in February 1759. While people waited for the start of the service the Church organist played the 'Trumpet Voluntary' by John Stanley (1712-86) and ...
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Posted on 11 March 2009.
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 ...
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Posted on 10 March 2009.
F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton collects his MBE from her Majesty Queen Elizabth the Second. Hamilton became the first black driver in Formula One in 2007 Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has collected his MBE from the Queen. The 24-year-old racing driver, who became the youngest winner of the world championship in November, picked up the award at ...
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Posted on 03 March 2009.
Brian Lawrenson writes about his time growing up as a “Brown Baby” in a postwar Liverpool orphanage.
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