Wilfred Denniston Wood was Bishop of Croydon 1985 -2003, the first black bishop in the Church of England. He came second in the "100 Great Black Britons" list in 2004. Born in Barbados, ordained there and then came to London where he became a priest in 1962.
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Bishop Wood of Croydon
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Soweto children
This sculpture was inspired by a widely-circulated and influential news photo...
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Universal Negro Improvement Association
Founded by Marcus Garvey in Jamaica. It campaigned against lynching, denial of black voting rights and racial discrimination. It aimed to 'clear out' white people from Africa (maybe back in 1914 th...
2 memorials
Kelso Cochrane
Came to London in 1958, lived in Notting Hill and worked as a carpenter. Â Murdered by a group of white youths. Â The race riots the previous year, the increase in racist activities by Fascist groups...
1 memorial
Sake Dean Mahomed
A Bengali Muslim, he joined the East India Company aged 11, where he served as a solder and fought a few times. Resigned in 1782 and two years later with his friend from the army Captain Godfrey Ev...
1 memorial
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumenta...
1 memorial
George Alexander Gratton
Born on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in 1808 to slave parents. Born with vitiligo, also known as piebaldism he was, as a baby, put on show in the capital, Kingstown. Aged 15 months he was ta...
1 memorial
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