http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/oak-bluffs-summers-home-for-elite-blacks/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/oak-bluffs-summers-home-for-elite-blacks/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:32:56 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=959 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 [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/oak-bluffs-summers-home-for-elite-blacks/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:16:26 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=942 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 , [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:03 +0000 alexbbake http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=427 I’m browsing the shelves of my office bookshelf. This is, in fact, the philosophy section at the local library, but i’m sure that many of the web community out there will be familiar with this analogy. I’m also very excited at the impending Summer launch of the BBake entertainment service. BBake at www.bbake.com will allow [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/taking-the-bnp-seriously-simplistic-condemnation-is-not-enough/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/taking-the-bnp-seriously-simplistic-condemnation-is-not-enough/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:22:54 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=834 Edmund Standing, April 19th 2009, 4:07 pm What the BNP’s ‘modernisation’ reveals about modern Britain The BNP’s rebranding strategy reveals something very interesting about Britain, and white British people in particular. For years, by promoting ‘racial nationalism’, the BNP remained an utterly marginal organisation, largely attracting hardcore racists, skinheads, and social misfits. The fact that [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/taking-the-bnp-seriously-simplistic-condemnation-is-not-enough/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/12-things-the-negro-must-do/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/12-things-the-negro-must-do/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:20:31 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=646 Found an Interesting post today called 12 Things The Negro Must Do – How Not To Become Scapegoats For Degenerate Black Community Behavior. It was written in around the turn of the last century by a woman called Nannie Helen Burroughs. Nannie Helen Burroughs – Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/12-things-the-negro-must-do/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/is-marriage-outdated/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/is-marriage-outdated/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:28:50 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=628 [poll id="3"] Every day I trawl the web looking for interesting articles to bring to your screen. Tonight I happened to chance across an article called… ” Do we need Black Mariage Day?” Personally, & I have to be honest here, I hadn’t actually heard of the initiative and so proceeded to read the whole article. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/is-marriage-outdated/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/obama-may-be-president-but-dont-take-your-eye-off-the-issues/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/obama-may-be-president-but-dont-take-your-eye-off-the-issues/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:34:01 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=621 Blogger John Ridley points out that whilst the President of the worldsmost powerful country enjoys cosy nights on comfy chatshows, and other African American high flyers like Eric Holder, Michael Steele and Richard Parsons are making headlines the situation is considerably worse for the average African American male. My response to this is, “Yeah, tell us [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/obama-may-be-president-but-dont-take-your-eye-off-the-issues/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/do-community-groups-make-a-difference/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/do-community-groups-make-a-difference/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:01:47 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=612 AUGUSTA, Ga. – It was a gathering to reclaim black manhood–a conference for all ages, men and women, held at Paine College. “You can achieve, you can believe, you can conceive, that truly this country is made for you and you need to use the world as your oyster,” said Dr. Mike Weaver, organizer. Men [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/do-community-groups-make-a-difference/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/was-opds-treatment-of-inner-circle-racist/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/was-opds-treatment-of-inner-circle-racist/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:49:47 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=609 Last week, Geoffrey Pete–long a well-respected figure in Oakland’s African-American community, and the owner of Geoffrey’s Inner Circle nightclub–held a press conference outside Oakland City Hall to announce he’s considering filing a complaint against the OPD for unlawful harassment. Pete has previously raised allegations that OPD and former mayor Jerry Brown instituted a crackdown on [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/was-opds-treatment-of-inner-circle-racist/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/ethiopians-discover-what-israelis-really-think/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/ethiopians-discover-what-israelis-really-think/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:11:52 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=193 Israel refuses to let them give blood Israel got caught throwing away Ethiopian blood from the blood banks. A similar disclosure a decade ago sparked protests and widespread outrage in a community that has long complained of racial discrimination. “We are healthy people, like everyone else,” said 24-year-old Galit Maarat,  “It’s unjust, a terrible affront.”  [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/ethiopians-discover-what-israelis-really-think/feed/ 0