The Cape Verdean Defender Who Captained Argentina and Played with Pelé
The facts, then. José Manuel Ramos Delgado was born on August 25, 1935, in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. His father was from São...
The Ivory Bangle Lady: A Black Woman in 4th Century Roman York
The facts, then. In 1901, workmen digging in Sycamore Terrace, York, discovered a stone sarcophagus. Inside was the skeleton of a young woman. She...
Mary and Emily Edmonson: The Teenage Sisters Who Escaped Slavery on the Pearl
Two teenage girls were locked in a slave jail in Alexandria, Virginia in April of 1848. They had just been dragged back to the...
The Kru – The Tribe That Refused to Be Enslaved
The first thing you need to understand about the Kru is the mark. It was a line of indigo blue, drawn from the centre...
Paul Reaney – The First Player of Colour Selected for England 1968
Paul Reaney made his Leeds United debut on 8 September 1962. He was 17 years old. The game was away to Swansea Town. Sixteen...
Viv Anderson – First England Team then Two European Cups, One History
Viv Anderson was 22 when he became the first Black footballer to play for England. It was 29 November 1978. The opponent was Czechoslovakia....
Clyde Best: The Black Pioneer Who Scored Through the Noise
Before there was Viv Anderson. Before there was Cyrille Regis. Before there was John Barnes. There was Clyde Best. He was born in Bermuda...
Zulu Dawn: Isandlwana The Battle That Broke the British
The British Empire had a rule. Native armies did not beat trained European soldiers. Everyone believed this. The Zulus did not read the rule.On...
James Hemings: The Chef Who Brought America Its Favourite Foods
Before there was a restaurant industry in America, before there was French cuisine in American kitchens, there was James Hemings. He was a chef....
Jesse Eugene Russell – He Made Your Phone Work
The first digital cell phone call in the United States didn't happen because of a European company or a Silicon Valley startup. It happened...
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