David Michael – Lewisham’s first black policeman
Former Lewisham Labour Councillor David Michael was also chair of the Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee. Before becoming a councillor, he spent decades working for the police.
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Kanye and Kim on Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list
Time Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world and Kanye West sits in the number one spot.
The list is comprised of a selection of people who are blazing …
Kanye West shows the Brit Awards that Britain’s got black talent
Whenever Kanye causes a stir in the media I’m one of the first to side eye and question his bad decisions but his performance at the Brit Awards has to be applauded. This is coming from someone who …
Street Boys of Jamaica
Jamaica has a population of 2.7 million people and 1.1 million people live below the poverty line. It’s no wonder then that some young children are the breadwinners for their families, often weaving …
Jamaica looks set to legalise ganga
The Jamaican cabinet has approved a bill to legalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
The bill appears to be full-on decriminalisation and legalisation: The country is eliminating …
Fact check: The etymology of picnic
We’ve debunked the tale of how Black Friday came about, now we will fact check the crazy tale of the etymology of picnic.
Have you heard the story about where the word picnic comes from? If you …
Billie Holiday sings Strange Fruit
Originally written as a poem “Bitter Fruit” by Abel Meeropol became a song performed famously by Billie Holiday. Meeropol, a white, Jewish high school teacher from the Bronx and a member …
Origins of Black Friday and other lies told to us
In this post we fact check the origins of Black Friday and the Willie Lynch speech.
Toni Braxton posted a call to boycott Black Friday on her Facebook page with an image of a slave auction and text …
Piers Morgan sticks his nose into the N-word debate
Piers Morgan wrote an article for the ‘Daily Fail’ suggesting that if Black Americans want the N-word to die, they will have to kill it themselves. Asking black folks to stop using that word is …
Red Bull Culture Clash: Rebel Sound slews the opposition
Rebel SoundSource: Twitter
The Red Bull Culture Clash event at Earls Court on 30 October, was the best event I’ve experienced in a long time. The fact that I watched the event on live stream …
Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind
This is a comprehensive documentary telling the life story of the controversial leader, Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
The documentary uses a wealth of material from the Garvey movement. Written documents, …
The burning of Greenwood aka Black Wall Street
It may be hard to imagine today that black people could be unified enough to have a successful all-black community, but in early 20th Century America, that’s exactly what happened.
Greenwood is a …