The programme made refs to early black sportsmen in England pre 1900s.
Notably black South Africans in 1899
The Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868 (see wikipedia article for pics!)
Mention was also made of John Walker - Lincoln City &
Arthur Wharton
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
BBC Midlands Today - Errol Codner
Errol Codner featured on BBC Midlands Today on Monday 24th October 2011 re. his job as animal warden at Sutton Park, W.Mids
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
BBC Midlands Today - Stoke On Trent
BBC Reel History Project features a film by Ray Johnson on the early black settlers to North Staffordshire, which even now has an African-Caribbean population of less than 0.3 per cent.
The film features Lorna Salmon, Cornelius Stone etc.
The film features Lorna Salmon, Cornelius Stone etc.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Michaelle Jean, 1st black woman, appointed GG of Canada
Michaelle Jean, 1st black woman, appointed GG of Canada,
featured in BBC Radio 3’s Outlook programme October 2011
featured in BBC Radio 3’s Outlook programme October 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
‘Mixed Britannia’ pt 2: 1940-1965, BBC 2 documentary
Good to see and hear Earl Cameron (and many others) featured in ‘Mixed Britannia’ pt 2: 1940-1965, a BBC 2 documentary series which aired in October 2011, part of the BBC’s Mixed Race Britain season, Presented by George Alagiah. Part 1: 1910-39; Part 3: 1965-2011; Part 4: yet to be announced
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Confession by James Berry
I had a condition, she said.
I was born in England, you see.
Till last week, I was seventeen
years old. I've never seen
a Caribbean island, where my parents
came from. But I was born to know
black people had nothing. Black people
couldn't run their own countries,
couldn't take part in running the world.
Black people couldn't even run
a good two-people relationship.
They couldn't feed themselves, couldn't
make money, couldn't pass exams
and couldn't keep the law. And
black people couldn't get awards
on television. I asked my mother
why black people never achieved,
never explored, always got charity.
My mother said black people were cursed.
I knew.
I knew that.
I knew black people were cursed.
And I was one.
All the time I knew I was cursed.
Then going through a book on art
one night, a painting showed me
other people in struggle.
It showed me a different people like that.
Ragged, barefoot, hungry looking
they were in struggle.
I looked up.
The people needed: other people needed.
Or needed to remember their struggle.
Or even just to know
their need of struggle.
No. Not cursed.
Black people were not cursed.
I was born in England, you see.
Till last week, I was seventeen
years old. I've never seen
a Caribbean island, where my parents
came from. But I was born to know
black people had nothing. Black people
couldn't run their own countries,
couldn't take part in running the world.
Black people couldn't even run
a good two-people relationship.
They couldn't feed themselves, couldn't
make money, couldn't pass exams
and couldn't keep the law. And
black people couldn't get awards
on television. I asked my mother
why black people never achieved,
never explored, always got charity.
My mother said black people were cursed.
I knew.
I knew that.
I knew black people were cursed.
And I was one.
All the time I knew I was cursed.
Then going through a book on art
one night, a painting showed me
other people in struggle.
It showed me a different people like that.
Ragged, barefoot, hungry looking
they were in struggle.
I looked up.
The people needed: other people needed.
Or needed to remember their struggle.
Or even just to know
their need of struggle.
No. Not cursed.
Black people were not cursed.
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