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 ...
Posted in Africa, Black History, Black History Month, Education, Europe, Military, Politics, Racism, War
Posted on 10 October 2010. Tags: Adelaide Hall, Black British History, Black Britons, Black Londoners, Blitz, Britains Black Community, Dr Harold Moody, E.I Ekpenyon, Elizabeth Welch, Esther Bruce, Ken (Snake Hips) Johnson, Learie Constantine, Mother Country, Stephen Bourne, The Home Front, Una Marson, WW11, WW2, black soldiers

Black British History went through something of a coming out party in the late 1990's and early naughties. Real interest arose in the contributions of Black people in Britain and The Internet brought forth a whole plethora of sites and snippets of information all with the aim of finally setting the history books straight.
However, ...
Posted in Arts, Black Britain, Black History, Blackpresence Supports, Books, Community, Education, Europe, News, Politics, Racism, Women
Posted on 25 July 2010. Tags: Planes, Tuskeegee, WW2, War, airmen

Tuskeegee Airman, originally uploaded by RickRaven.
Fantastic photo of one of the Tuskeegee Airmen
Posted in African American, Black History, Education, Men, Military, Racism, The Americas, War
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 ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Education, Europe, Men, Military, The Americas, War
Posted on 28 February 2009. Tags: African American, Air force, Military, Tuskeegee, WW2, War, airmen, flyers


The contributions of African-American patriots to our nation’s safety were ignored or downplayed for generations. It has been only during the past several decades that efforts have been made to rectify the injustice
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