The Battle of Bamber Bridge when america tried to bring jim crow to britain When American servicemen came to Britain during the Second World War they brought many things with them; materials, money and of course new forms of music and culture. One part of American culture, however, stood out and shocked most people in …
American singer, football player, and political activist Paul Robeson was born on the 9th of April 1898. In 1915 Robeson received an academic scholarship to Rutgers University in New Brunswick and went on to study at both New York University and Columbia University. Whilst studying, he starred and sang in off campus productions to supplement …
The incredible story of Eugene Bullard: the world’s first Afro-American fighter pilot Born in Columbus, Georgia on the 9th of October 1895, Eugene Bullard was the 7th of 10 children to his father William Octave Bullard and mother Josephine “Yokalee” Thomas. While his father hailed from Martinique, his mother was an indigenous woman of the …
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The Silent Minority? Being that my mum is from the Caribbean, I consider myself to be black, even though many didn’t perceive me as being so in the 80’s. On my other side of my family, I have South Asian blood, and may even have some from my Caribbean side. So, when I discuss BAME, …