by BernardIan | Jul 7, 2011 | Global African History, People
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, was an international cricketer, journalist, politician, and lawyer. Constantine was the first person of African/ Caribbean ancestry to be invested as a life peer in the United Kingdom. Born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1901...
by TurnerMelissa | Dec 1, 2009 | Global African History, People
Cyril Lionel Robert James was born in the British colony of Trinidad on January 4, 1901. James was a bright youth who absorbed literature, history, music, sports, and art-the foundational texts of Western civilization. He attended Queen’s Royal College in...
by MoyleClay | Sep 20, 2009 | Global African History, People
Bill Richmond, a.k.a. “The Black Terror”, the first black boxer to gain international recognition, was born in Cuckold’s Town (now Richmondtown), on Staten Island, New York, on August 5, 1763. In 1777 when the English troops held New York during the...
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