Posted on 31 October 2010. Tags: barack obama, bhm, black history month, black history month uk, martin luther king
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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Posted on 30 October 2010. Tags: bhm, black history month, black history month uk, bob marley
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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Posted on 29 October 2010. Tags: actor, bhm, black history month, black history month uk, directory, screenwriter, spike lee
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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Posted on 28 October 2010. Tags: author, black history month, black history month uk, Black Panther Party activist, eldridge cleaver, radical
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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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: black history month, black history month uk, gold coast, lenin peace prize, oau, organization of african unity, osagyefo kwame nkrumah, Pan-Africanist, President of Ghana, Prime Minister of Ghana
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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Posted on 24 October 2010. Tags: black history month, black history month uk, community activist, frank critchlow, restauranteur, stalwart of the notting hill carnival
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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Posted on 23 October 2010. Tags: american singer, black history month, black history month uk, king of pop, michael jackson, philanthropist, recording artist, songwriter
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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Posted on 22 October 2010. Tags: actor, adulthood, black history month, black history month uk, directory, kidulthood, noel clarke, screenwriter
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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Posted on 21 October 2010. Tags: black history month, black history month uk, dedan kimathi, kenya, kenyan freedom fighter, mau mau, mau mau rebel leader
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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Posted on 20 October 2010. Tags: bernie grant, black history month, black history month uk, black rights, britain's first black mp, hm, politician
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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