Ira Aldridge
Ira Frederick Aldridge was an American and later British stage actor and playwright who made his career after 1824,…
Great Black Britons
Black History Month Firsts: Lilian Bader
Marrying in 1913, Marcus Bailey was a Barbadian born migrant who found himself in England, coupled with an…
James Peters the 1st Black Rugby Player
James Peters (August 1879 – 26 March 1954) was an English rugby union player and, later, a rugby…
Dr John Anthony Roberts QC
And…. > The first known person of African ancestry to be the Head of his Chambers in England…
Sislin Fay Allen Britain’s First Black Policewoman
Sislin Fay Allen was an inspiration for many when she became the Metropolitan Police’s first black female police…
John Kent – the First Black Police Officer – 1837
However PC John Kent beat his record, as the son of a Caribbean slave who joined the police…
Paul Yaw Boateng
Boateng was born in Hackney, London of mixed Ghanaian and Scottish heritage; his family later moved to Ghana…
Diane Abbott – The first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons.
Diane Abbott was born to Jamaican immigrants in London in 1953. Her father was a welder and her…
Ottobah Cugoano
Ottobah Cugoano, also known as John Stuart (c.1757 – after 1791), was an African abolitionist who was active…
WATCH: Wangari Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011)
Through her work at these various volunteer associations, it became evident to Maathai that the root of most…
