Black Presence
Blog URL http://www.blackpresence.co.uk
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags black, British, Britain, Africa, African, Caribbean, Afro, Racism, ethnicity
Information concerning the children of Africa, and their descendants.
Latest Blog Posts
- Ooh the site is down on Nov 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
The site is undergoing some maintenance We will be back shortly. Thanks for your patience...
- The Unkown Soldiers on Nov 8, 2009 in African Black Britain Caribbean Education Europe History Men Middle East Military Movies Politics Racism The Americas War asian Commonwealth Jamaica Kenya Malawi Soldiers South Africa West India Regiment
Although many Remembrance events will have taken place over the weekend, the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month will be marked by many with two minutes...
- Sarah Forbes Bonetta on Oct 25, 2009 in African Black Britain Education Europe History Slavery Women Brighton Dahomeny Lagos Queen Victoria Srah Forbes Bonetta
Sarah Forbes was a Yoruba girl captured by the King of Dahomey in 1848 during a war in which her parents were killed. She was given as a present to Commander Forbes when he was visited Dahomey as an emissary of the British Government in 1850, and she...
- Claudia Jones – Activist on Oct 25, 2009 in Arts Black Britain Black Writing Business Caribbean Community Education History Media The Americas Women American Communist party Claudia Jones Mcarthyism Notting Hill Notting Hill Carnival Port-of-Spain Trinidad West Indian West Indian Gazette
Claudia Jones founded the first major black post- war newspaper -The West Indian Gazette; and also helped launch the Notting Hill Carnival.? Claudia Jones was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in 1915 Cladia moved with her family to Harlem. She had a s...
- Francis Barber on Oct 22, 2009 in Black Britain Caribbean Education History Military Slavery The Americas Barber Boswell Burntwood Cannock in Staffordshire HMS Stag Johnson Lichfield Plantation Sir John Hawkins Stafford Staffordshire
Francis Barber was a servant and companion to the writer Samuel Johnson.? Francis Barber was born in Jamaica around 1735. He came to Britain with a planter from the island. For one year he went to school in the small village of Barton nr Darlington i...
- Dido Elizabeth Bell Lindsay on Oct 21, 2009 in African Black Britain Caribbean Community Education Europe History Women black bourgeouisie Black British Black Britons Black Edwardians black victorians captain john lindsay dido elizabeth lindsay Elizabeth Davinier kenwood house lord mansfield the black aristocracy
In the 18th Century, some Black people in the Eighteenth Century were considerably more privileged than most. One such Woman was Dido Elizabeth Bell Lindsay. Dido was the daughter of Captain John Lindsay of the Royal Navy. She was born in England to...
- Cy Grant – A War Memoir on Oct 19, 2009 in Black Britain Caribbean Education Europe History Men Military War
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...
