15 Feb Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Bernie Grant (1944-2000) 15th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Activist, Britain first black councillor, and joint first black MP Labour MP Bernie Grant was one of the most charismatic black poli...Continue reading
13 Feb Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Ben Okri (1959-Present) 13th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Author and Booker Prize Winner Poet and novelist Ben Okri was born in 1959 in Minna, northern Nigeria, to an Igbo mother and Urhobo ...Continue reading
13 Feb Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Claudia Jones (1915-1964) 13th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Founder of Britain's first black weekly newspaper "The Westindian Gazette", also known as the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival Cl...Continue reading
13 Feb Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-Present) 13th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Poet, Performer, Writer, Cultural Commentator Dr. Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham, but spent his early years in Jamaica, w...Continue reading
13 Feb Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Baroness Roselind Howells (1931-Present) 13th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Life Peer And Community Activist Baroness Howells of St David, OBE was the first black woman to sit on the GLC's Training Board; the...Continue reading
13 Feb Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Baroness Valerie Amos (1954-Present) 13th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest First black woman cabinet minister and joint first black woman peer and recently appointed Leader of the House of Lords, the third woma...Continue reading
12 Feb Achievements, Africa, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Haile Selassie I (1892 – 1975) 12th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Early Years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie was born in Ethiopia in a region called Ejersa Gora on 23 July 1892...Continue reading
12 Feb Achievements, Deep Roots, Global Melanin, North America Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852 – 1889) 12th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest 1852 – 1889 Jan Matzeliger invented a shoe manufacturing machine that was, at the time, considered impossible. He enabled the creation...Continue reading
11 Feb Achievements, Africa, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Mossi Empire – 1001 AD to 1896 AD 11th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Black History Date: c. 1001 - c. 1896 Length: 895 Years Overview Origin The origin story is unique in that a woman plays a key r...Continue reading
09 Feb Achievements, Africa, Deep Roots, Global Melanin Kingdom of Ghana – 750 AD to 1076 AD 9th February 2019 By Admin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Google Email Pinterest Black History Date: c. 750 - c. 1076 Length: 326 Years Overview The Kingdom of Ghana existed from approximately 750 C.E. to 1076 ...Continue reading