Tag Archive | "Black History"
Posted on 29 October 2012. Tags: Black Britain, Black History, The Black Presence in Britain, 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, Editors Blog
Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs, African American History, African history, American Civil Rights, Black History, Black artists in Paris, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Christian Dior, Civil Rights, Croix de guerre, Ernest Hemingway, European, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Folies Bergère, France, Freda Josephine McDonald, French Resistence, Josephine Baker, Joséphine à Bobino, Martin Luther King, Missouri, Native american, Paris, Picasso, Princess Tam-Tam, Rosette de la Résistance, St. Louis, World War II, Zou-Zou, dancer

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of the dancer Josephine Baker in the annals of European Black History in this century. She quite literally changed everything for black artists in Paris, and as a consequence, the world over. Paris was the centre of the artistic and music world at the time Baker exploded onto the ...
Posted in African American History, Black History, Black History Month UK, Black People in Europe, Black Women, Guest Blog Posts
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 UK, Caribbean History
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 African History, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK, Black People in Europe, Caribbean History, Slavery
Posted on 24 October 2011. Tags: Black History, Caribbean History, Jobs, national portrait gallery

The National Portrait Gallery houses a unique collection of all forms of portraiture of the people who have made or who are currently contributing to British history and culture. With more than 1.8 million visitors each year, the Gallery is one of the country’s most important and popular galleries.
Faith, Slavery and Identity Programme Internship
Fixed-term for 6 ...
Posted in African History, Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean History
Posted on 24 October 2011. Tags: Black History, Caribbean History, Jobs, national archives

Job Details:Community Project Officer
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Closing Date Monday 7th November 2011 at midnight
Job Purpose
Based in the Education & Outreach Department but with some national travel, the post holder will build and maintain links with new communities, specifically from African and Caribbean communities. You will work with these communities ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean History
Posted on 03 October 2011. Tags: African American History, Black British, Black History, Cuffe, Native american, Sierra Leone, Whalers

(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 ...
Posted in African American History, African History, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK, Slavery
Posted on 24 March 2011. Tags: Black History, British History, Civil Rights, Civil Rights movement in Britain, Martin Luther King, No blacks, Paul Stephenson, US Civil Rights movement, no dogs, no irish

History classes in the National Curriculum will often gloss over slavery, idolize the efforts of William Wilberforce and study the methods of Martin Luther King’s struggle for civil rights. For many young Black people in Britain, one would argue that it is very easy for them to recall the names of US Civil Rights icons, better ...
Posted in African American History, Black Britain, Black History, Black People in Europe
Posted on 04 October 2010. Tags: African history, Black British, Black History, Black History Month UK, Black people in Britain, Pan african

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 ...
Posted in African History, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK, Caribbean History
Posted on 03 October 2010. Tags: Black History

Blackpresence Website - Black British History
Pressbox (Press Release)
Black History Month begins in October.
With Black History Month almost upon us again, we have been busy adding articles and features to the popular Black British website Blackpresence
The Black Presence website was formerly The Black Presence in Britain, a history site about the contribution of African descended people ...
Posted in Black History Month UK
Posted on 21 September 2010. Tags: America, Black British, Black British History, Black History, Black Sports Stars, Black boxers, Black sportsmen, Boxer, Boxing magazine, Deptford, Heavyweight, Reading, colour bar, cruiser weight, tommy Martin

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 ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black People in Europe, Black Sports Stars
Posted on 18 September 2010. Tags: African British, Black British, Black History, Croydon, Events, History, London

Here at Black Presence we are always glad toreceiveinformation 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 ...
Posted in African History, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK, Black People in Europe, Caribbean History