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A report from the South Florida Caribbean News. The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is 65 years old! April 1 2020 cements 65 years since the JTB has served as Jamaica’s national tourism agency. As the national agency tasked with the responsibility to market Destination Jamaica, the JTB engages in intensive promotions to attract travellers to the island.…
They gave birth in front of a million people, battled constant prejudice, nearly died on black ice … and drove straight into the history books. Prepare to meet some true television pioneers
It was a struggle for Black Britons to make headway 50 years ago, and it still is now – but it is important to fight on, says anti-racism activist and former broadcaster Barbara Blake-Hannah
Barbara Blake-Hannah: how Britain’s first black female TV reporter was forced off our screens Ellen E Jones © Provided by The Guardian ‘It was really wrong’ ... Blake-Hannah with her Today colleagues Eamonn Andrews and Jane Probyn in 1968. She was dismissed after nine months due to racist complaints from viewers. Photograph: Larry Ellis/Getty Images In 2008, Barbara Blake-Hannah sat down to write a letter of admonishment to the Guardian. “I must put history right,” she wrote, explaining that a poster issued by the paper was incorrect. It contained, she noted, the ...