Jack F. Leslie was a former black football player in Britain. He signed for Plymouth Argyle from Barking Town in 1921.Jack F. Leslie is a former football player. He signed for Plymouth Argyle from Barking Town in 1921. Leslie scored over 400 goals in his career, 134 of those for Plymouth in 400 appearances. He ...

Marriage Record Record of a Michael Thomas(Black) & 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 preƒs-gang interupted the minister in the celebration of his office; upon which a conteƒt ...

****LEGAL FUTURES 2011 - BURSARIES AVAILABLE!!!*****   The LEGAL FUTURES 2011, the national law careers conference for ethnic minority students, will take place on Saturday 19 November at City University. Confirmed speakers include: Joshua Rozenberg Journalist, Broadcaster & Legal Commentator Urvasi Naidoo Solicitor and Chief Executive, International Federation of Netball Associations Tim Ward QC Barrister, Monckton Chambers Michelle Egbosimba Solicitor, Ashurst LLP Debra ...

I often think that my mixed heritage gives me a fantastic advantage of speaking about race issues.  A perspective that some times I feel neither Black or White people can truly understand. Looking in the mirror every day as a child and wondering where my brown features came from was a particularly hard thing to grapple with ...

Black Romans at Hadrians Wall In the 3rd Century AD. the Libyan born emporer of Rome sent a "Division of Moors" to be Garisoned at Hadrians Wall.In the 3rd Century AD. the Libyan born Emperer of Rome sent a "Division of Moors" to be Garrisoned at Hadrians Wall. The division was named (Numerus Maurorum Aurelianorum) after ...

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 ...

Above is a set of Newspaper articles from the 1780s.? Black Dance in London - Circa 1780s

Driving In Ghana I remember taking my last taxi to Tema before picking up my new second hand car that came off a ship from Germany. It felt good that i was finally avoiding bartering with the greedy taxi drivers who when seeing a foreigner would double their fare. You see the taxi driver is ...

Washington Post Staff Writer DeNeen L. Brown wrote an interesting? August 20, 2009 About how Americas Elite blacks are flocking to Martha's Vineyard to take their annual holidays. Over the 4 page web article. Brown highlights the fact that this isn't a new phenomenon, but a generational thing. Black families have been attracted to the ...

There was a Haitian man on the Titanic There was a Haitian man on the ship! His uncle was President of Haiti! Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man, a Haitian man, to perish in the Titanic; that's after he saved his wife and kids. Laroche was born in Cap Haitian, Haiti , on May 26, ...

Walter Tull was born in Folkestone on 28th April 1888. His father was a carpenter from Barbados who had moved to Folkestone and married a local woman. By the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents, and when he was 10 he and his brother Edward were sent to a Methodist orphanage in ...

Vogue’s Beyonce Cover, Racist? Posted by: Annika Harris | Filed in: News & Culture 5:30PM, Tuesday March 17th 2009 Comments (13) Some folks have gotten their panties in a bunch over Beyonce’s cover for the “Shape Issue” of Vogue. Beyonce is one of only five black women to grace the cover of Vogue ...