Sister Monica Tywang
Born in Trinidad, Tywang moved to England in the 1960s, aged 13. Ten years later, she entered the Daughters of Wisdom, a convent, and trained as a nurse in Blackpool before settling in London. Her ...
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Bunny Wailer / Bunny Livingston
Singer, songwriter and percussionist. Born as Neville O'Riley Livingston in Jamaica. Also known as Bunny Livingston or Jah B. He and Bob Marley were friends from boyhood, and they, along with Peter...
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The Wailers
Reggae Band. Originally formed by Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh. Renamed Bob Marley and the Wailers, and then after Marley's death became known as the Wailers Band.
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Henry Sylvester Williams
Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. Â Born Trinidad. Â After the USA he arrived in London in 1896 to study. Â Qualified in law. Â Elected in 1906 for Church Street Ward, the first Black councillo...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands
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Vernon 'Fellows' Williams
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, emigrated to London in the 1960s initially to to study dentistry in Leeds which he ceased after a year, choosing to perform across Europe instead. For some years in th...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Dance, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands
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Arthur Stanley Wint
Olympic gold medallist. Born in Plowden, Manchester, Jamaica. In 1942, he joined the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and was sent to Britain for active combat in World War II. He left the RA...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands, Denmark, Sweden
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Ansel Wong
A cultural and political activist, an educationist and academic. In a wide-ranging career has worked at senior levels in various organisations in the public and charitable sectors, including with t...
Person, Community / Clubs, Education, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands
2 memorials
Bishop Wood of Croydon
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 th...
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Asquith Xavier
Asquith Camile Xavier was born in the West Indies. One of the Windrush generation who migrated to the UK after WW2. He died Chatham, Kent. In 1966 Xavier successfully fought to become the first Bl...
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