Posted on 21 September 2010. Tags: America, Black British, Black British History, Black History, Black boxers, Black sportsmen, Boxer, Boxing magazine, Deptford, Heavyweight, Reading, Sports, 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, Education, Europe, Racism, Sports, The Americas
Posted on 17 October 2009. Tags: Black Britons, Offiah, Rugby, Salford, Sports, Widnes, Wigan, black rugby Players

Martin Offiah MBE, is the most famous rugby league player the British game has ever produced. A dazzling runner and lethal finisher, he has scored over 500 tries in his career representing Widnes, Wigan, London Broncos and Salford. One of only two players to have won the Lance Todd trophy twice, he has also represented ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Europe, Men, Sports
Posted on 23 March 1998. Tags: Collymore, Politics, Racism, Soccer, Sports, task force

I tried Several times to use the Independents embed code but it simply would not work. Below is the link to the article.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/task-force-to-boot-out-racism-in-soccer-1153068.html
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