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Moments in time is an archive of historical events, people and places.

 

Lewisham Town Hall c1875
28 March, 2016 by Pasha O

Moments in time: Lewisham Town Hall and the formation of the Council

The building we now call the Old Town Hall in Catford isn’t that old and wasn’t the first Town Hall to be built along the strip of Road now known as Catford Road. The first Town Hall was built in 1875 to house the Lewisham Board of Works, a precursor to Lewisham Council which is …

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John Hanson of Liberia seated at a desk
1 January, 2016 by Pasha O

This John Hanson was not the first Black President of the United States

There are many who claim that John Hanson was the first Black president of the United States, not Barack Obama. This tale is continuously shared on social media. Because many people believe that everything posted on Facebook or Twitter is the truth, lies will spread like wildfire and before you know it, it has taken …

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Olmec statue
9 August, 2015 by Pasha O

The untold history of Jamaica

This is a lecture that contradicts what we know of our history. It manages to span over 10,000 years of our history in under an hour. It looks at the people who lived on the island of Jamaica prior to Christopher Columbus’ so-called discovery. It speaks about the transatlantic slave trade and how our history …

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25 July, 2015 by Ella Palmer

Sandra Bland – Say her name

Sandra Bland is another black life lost under hinky police circumstances. The 28-year-old’s death in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop turned into a confrontation has attracted scepticism and disbelief from many who have been following the case. Whilst concerned American’s continue to keep a tally of …

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3 October, 2014 by Pasha O

The burning of Greenwood aka Black Wall Street

Greenwood, Tulsa was once a prosperous, modern, cultured Black community known as Black Wall Street until it was burned down by envious racists.

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Norman Manley
24 July, 2014 by Pasha O

History of Jamaica Welfare

Jamaica Welfare was founded by Norman Manley in 1937. It was the first large scale social welfare organisation on the island. It was formed from suggestions Manley made to United Fruit Company President Samuel Zemurray, while acting as a lawyer for the Jamaica Banana Producers Association. In the 1930s a plant disease killed off the …

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30 April, 2014 by Pasha O

The death penalty is flawed: The case of Glenn Ford

On hearing that Clayton Lockett suffered during his botched execution many of you may have looked at his crime before deciding whether he was worthy of your compassion.  That’s okay, we’re all human and entitled to empathise only with those we feel deserve it. Clayton Lockett was a convicted murderer and therefore in the eyes …

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1 August, 2013 by Ella Palmer

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland, in 1822 to enslaved parents Harriet “Rit” Green, who was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess and Ben Ross, who was owned by Anthony …

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26 July, 2013 by Pasha O

Rastafari movement

Marcus Garvey’s prophecies and philosophy shaped, the Rastafari movement. Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born on the 17th of August 1887, in Jamaica. His teachings of black self empowerment are credited as being the sources behind the founding of the religion. Although Marcus Garvey was never a follower of the Rastafari movement or believed in it (he …

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Rosa Parks on the bus
28 February, 2013 by Pasha O

Rosa Parks – civil rights activist

Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was honoured with a commemorative statue in the US Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday 27 February 2013. Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a segregated Alabama bus for a white passenger in 1955 sparked a boycott that galvanised the movement for equal rights for Black people …

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Photo of Ida B Wells
19 January, 2013 by Pasha O

Before Rosa Parks – Ida B Wells

Ida B Wells was born into slavery on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Her father, James, was a carpenter and her mother, Elizabeth, was a famous cook. Both parents were literate and taught Ida how to read at a young age. She was surrounded by political activists and grew up with a sense …

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19 January, 2013 by Ella Palmer

The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World’s Columbian Exposition

  CONTENTS Preface Ida B. Wells I Introduction Frederick Douglass II Class Legislation Ida B. Wells III The Convict Lease System Ida B. Wells IV Lynch Law Ida B. Wells V The Progress Of The Afro-­American Since Emancipation I. Garland Penn VI The Reason Why F. L. Barnett To the Public Ida B. Wells PREFACE …

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Photo of Ida B Wells
19 January, 2013 by Ella Palmer

Southern Horrors – Lynch Law in All Its Phases – by Ida B Wells

Southern Horrors – Lynch Law in All Its Phases was written by activist Ida B Wells. Preface Hon. Fred. Douglass’s Letter The Offense The Black And White Of It The New Cry The Malicious And Untruthful White Press The South’s Position Self-Help PREFACE The greater part of what is contained in these pages was published …

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19 January, 2013 by Pasha O

Princess Sara Forbes-Bonetta-Davies

Sarah Forbes Bonetta was the princess, born into the Egbado royal family of south-western Nigeria, who became a favourite of Queen Victoria and a regular visitor to Windsor Castle. Sarah was captured in 1848 during a slave-hunt war by the infamous King Ghezo of Dahomey when she was just eight years old. Her tribe was …

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Chairman Fred Hamption
5 December, 2012 by Ella Palmer

The truth about Fred Hampton’s murder

Fred Hampton was a political activist born August 30, 1948. He was killed as he lay in bed in his apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO), in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Murder of Fred Hampton is …

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5 December, 2012 by Ella Palmer

500 Years Later

Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally – Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom-Why? Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic …

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Smith and Carlos doing the Black power salute at the 1968 olympics
15 October, 2012 by Pasha O

Tommie Smith and John Carlos – Black Power Salute

On 16 October 1968 American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos took a stand that would see them banished from the Olympic games. In 1968, the United States already had a lot on its plate. This was a country enmeshed in civil rights and anti-war protests. Civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr had been …

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joseph philippe lemercier laroche
25 August, 2012 by Pasha O

Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche – the only black man to have died on the Titanic

Not many will know of Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche who is notable for being the only black man to have died on the Titanic. Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was born in Cap Haitien, Haiti on 26 May 1886. Laroche descended directly from Haitian royalty.  Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the major leaders of the Haitian Revolution …

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29 April, 2012 by Ella Palmer

The Rodney King Story

Rodney King (born April 9, 1965) was caught by the Los Angeles police after a high-speed chase on 3 March, 1991. The officers pulled him out of the car and beat him brutally, while amateur cameraman George Holliday caught it all on tape. The footage showed seven officers surrounding the solitary King, with several LAPD …

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29 March, 2012 by Pasha O

Who was Sarah Baartman?

When 20-year-old Sarah (also spelt Sara) Baartman got on a boat that was to take her from Cape Town to London in 1810, she could not have known that she would never see her home again. Nor, as she stood on the deck and saw her homeland disappear behind her could she have known that …

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28 March, 2012 by Ella Palmer

Video – Dr Chancellor Williams The Destruction of Black Civilization

The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams sixteen years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African race, was intended to be “a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most ‘liberal’ white authors (and their Negro disciples): …

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FBI's war on black America
13 November, 2011 by CarolD

The FBI’s War on Black America – Documentary

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise of a black Messiah that would mobilise the African-American community into a meaningful political force. The FBI’s War on Black America is a documentary exploration of the lives and …

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26 August, 2011 by Pasha O

Brixton Riots 1985

The 1985 Brixton riots, started on 28 September in Lambeth in South London. It was the second major riot that the area had witnessed in the space of four years, the last in 1981. It was sparked by the shooting of Dorothy ‘Cherry’ Groce by police, while they sought her son Michael Groce in relation to …

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brixton riots 1981
26 August, 2011 by Pasha O

UK Riots of 1981

The 1981 UK riots were spurred by police handling into the investigation of the New Cross fire where 13 young black people lost their lives as well as serious social and economic problems affecting Britain’s inner cities. Following the New Cross Fire and Black People’s Day of Action march, and after several years of blatant …

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