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Black Plaque Project

Categories: Race Issues

Black Plaque Project

An extension of the Nubian Jak Community Trust plaque scheme. It recognises black people / people of colour who were prominent in British history. The plaques are temporary, but it is planned to convert them to the usual blue ones.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Black Plaque Project

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Fela Kuti - SE10

Kuti is a Trinity Laban alumnus. This plaque was first placed outside this bl...

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Winifred Atwell - black plaque

Winifred Atwell, 1914 - 1983, first black person to have a number one hit in ...

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Mrs Catherine Smithies

Mrs Catherine Smithies

Born as Catherine Bywater. Founded the Band of Mercy movement in Britain. She also campaigned against slavery but we can find no details. Her home, Earlham Grove House, built c.1865, has also been...

Person, Animals, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Martha Fevrier

Martha Fevrier

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. "Flamingo Carnival Arts was founded in 1983, in common with many small groups, The organisation which is Flamingo began in someone's front room. Ma...

Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Race Issues, Theatre

1 memorial
George Arthur Roberts

George Arthur Roberts

Soldier, fireman and community leader. Born in Trinidad, he was one of the first Black men to join the British Army. In WW1, he earned a reputation for throwing bombs back over enemy lines and was ...

Person, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, Emergency Services, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, France, Turkey

War served, WW2
2 memorials
John Blanke

John Blanke

Trumpeter in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501, and is one of the earliest recorded black people in...

Person, Music / songs, Race Issues, Africa

2 memorials
Rudy Narayan

Rudy Narayan

Barrister and civil rights activist. Born Rahasya Rudra Narayan in British Guiana (now Guyana). Arrived in Britain in 1953, where he served in the army for seven years, before reading for the bar. ...

Person, Law, Race Issues, South America

1 memorial