Posted on 07 April 2010. Tags: Boxing, Coventry, Detroit, England boxing team, Errol Christie, European champion, Gianluca Vialli, Kronk, Mark Kaylor, National Front, NF, NF bootboys, NO PLACE TO HIDE, Original Rude Boy, skinheads, Standard Triumph, Tony McMahon

NO PLACE TO HIDE How I Put The Black In The Union Jack
Errol Christie with Tony McMahon
Seeing my future crumble before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. Before my eyes, I saw an eight year old kid at the Standard Triumph putting on gloves for the first time. A teenage schoolboy champion effortlessly destroying ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black Britons, Black Writing, Blackpresence Supports, Books, Business, Caribbean, History, Men, Racism
Posted on 15 March 2009. Tags: 4th Movement, Arista Records, Black Music, Bobby Hackney, Death, Detroit, Drag City Records, Music, Politicians in My Eyes, Punk, RnB, Rough Francis

ON an evening in late February at a club here called the Monkey House, there was a family reunion of sorts. As the band Rough Francis roared through a set of anthemic punk rock, Bobby Hackney leaned against the bar and beamed. Three of his sons — Bobby Jr., Julian and Urian — are in ...
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