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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 31

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 31

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961), the first Black President of the United States and Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), American Clergyman, Activist, iconic Civil Rights Leader.


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 30

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 30

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981), Jamaican Singer, Songwriter, Musician. The most famous reggae performer, credited with helping popularising Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement internationally.


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 29

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 29

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee (born March 20, 1957), American Film Director, Producer, Writer and Actor. Lee tackles race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues.


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 28

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 28

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998), radical Intellectual, Author of noted book Soul on Ice, convict turned Journalist and Black Panther Party activist.


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 27

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 27

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972), influential Pan-Africanist, President of Ghana, the first Prime Minister of Ghana, founding member of the Organization of African Unity, leader of the Gold Coast, from 1952 to 1966, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1963.


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 24

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 24

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Frank Critchlow (15 July, 1932 – September 15, 2010), Restauranteur, Community Activist and stalwart of the Notting Hill Carnival.


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 23

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 23

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), American Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist, Philanthropist, King of Pop and possibly the greatest Entertainer of all time. The spirit of Michael Jackson lives on in the hopes, dreams and aspirations of all singers with ambition to be [...]


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 22

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 22

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is profile Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975), London-based Actor, Director and Screenwriter. Noel Clarke is an up and coming young star best known for playing Wyman Norris in British TV series “Auf Wiedersehen, Pet” and Mickey Smith in “Doctor Who”. He appeared in and wrote the [...]


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 21

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 21

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Kimathi wa Waciuri more popularly known as Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957), Kenyan Freedom Fighter, Mau Mau rebel leader who fought against British colonization in Kenya in the 1950s. The British colonial government that ruled Kenya at the time considered him a [...]


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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 20

UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 20

Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant (17 February 1944 – 8 April 2000), known popularly as Bernie Grant, Politician, one of Britain’s first black MPs, black rights campaigner and outspoken critic of negative police action.


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