Posted on 14 October 2010. Tags: BHM, Black Britons, Black History Month, Caribbean Aircrew, Education, Military, RAF, Senegalese, Soldiers, WW1, WW2, Walter Tull, curriculum, schools

by P Gregory: Owner Editor of the Black Presence Website.
So, Black History Month 2010 is upon us, and as I sit here and take a breather after working hard to get the website to a state of readiness, I wonder how long it will be before the mud starts flying?
Black History Month, is at best ...
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Posted on 19 October 2009. Tags: Air force, Black Lawyers, Black pilots, POW, RAF, TV personalities, WW2, WWII, airmen, black POWS

Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join the Royal air Force and was a commissioned office by 1943. He later became a Prisoner of War and later a TV personality. Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join ...
Posted in Black Britain, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Education, Europe, Men, Military, War
Posted on 01 October 2009. Tags: 154 Squadron, Black pilots, Jamaica, No 1 Squadron, Panama, RAF, Vincent Bunting, WW2, WWII, West Indian, blacks in WWII, blacks in the armed forces, jamaican

Vincent Bunting was born in Panama in June 1918 and raised in Kingston, Jamaica.
He became a fighter pilot and joined No 611 Squadron in December 1942. After being promoted to Warrant Officer, Bunting served with No 132 Squadron flying Spitfires. In October 1944 he was transferred to No 154 Squadron. Whilst leaded ...
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Posted on 01 October 2009. Tags: Afro, Afro Caribbean, RAF, War, munitions

The first world war 1914-1918 saw a significant number of Africans arrive in Britain to fight. The second and larger wave of Afro-Caribbean's arrived in Britain during the course of the Second World war 1939-1945. In all, Several thousand workers migrated as volunteers fight in the RAF and other branches of the armed forces, ...
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