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A tribute to Prince Joseph Lincoln Burke-Monerville
The following address was delivered at Joseph Burke-Monerville‘s funeral. Condolences to John and Linda, Joseph’s parents and Jonathan and David, his brothers and all of the Burke-Monerville extended family. If I were to name you all, we’d be here till 6.00 o’clock… tomorrow morning. I have witnessed close at hand your pain, your hurt and
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To iconize and canonize: Stephen Lawrence 20 years later
On 22 April 2013, senior representatives of the British state joined the Lawrence family in marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of 18 year old Stephen Lawrence by white racists. Leaders of the three main political parties and the Mayor of London attended a memorial service at St Martin in the Fields, near Trafalgar Square, to
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Time for a National Black Footballers Association
High profile racist incidents during premium league games in recent times have led to more open public debate about racist abuse of black players by white players and fans. Such sort of practice has been commonplace in professional football since pioneers such as Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Viv Anderson took to the pitch in the
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History… Whose story?
One does not to drill down too deeply to find the connection between the racist and most brutal murder of Anthony Walker in 2005 and the central thrust of Benjamin Zephaniah (pictured) ’s lecture in his home city of Birmingham on Friday 19 October 2012. History teaching in British schools does a disservice to children of African
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The ‘enduring mystery’ of Maurice Bishop’s remains
In 2010, I published a book titled Time to Tell – the Grenada Massacre and After…. Grenada Diary 14-25 December 1983. As the title suggests, the book is mainly a diary I kept on a visit to Grenada a couple months after military conflict in the US led invasion of Grenada had ended. The diary
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