A WORLD OF HISTORY OF A PEOPLE
     THINGS YOU MAY KNOW AND NOT KNOW ABOUT BLACK HISTORY

WE ARE TOLD that human life began in Africa. Around the world, from Africa to Europe and to the Middle East - to India, Australia, China and Japan; including the islands of  the east and west, eventually even into the Americas, Blacks have been there and, in one form or another remain there today.  Armed with this knowledge, we invite you to join us in our study of Black history.

The sacrifices made by the 16,000 black West Indians who volunteered to serve under British imperial command have largely been ignored in accounts of World War I. In the Middle East in the autumn of 1918, two BWIR battalions finally saw combat in General Allenby's decisive encounter with the Turkish army. They performed their crucial role with exemplary courage and professionalism, capturing and holding a strategic bridge, so cutting off the Turkish line of retreat. Days later, the entire Turkish army surrendered.

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