One of the world's most famous civil rights activists, born Michael King Jr. A Baptist minister, he visited London in December 1964 on his way to Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. He stayed at the Hilton, spoke at St Pauls Cathedral and visited Parliament. He was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis. His assassin, James Earl Ray, was arrested at Heathrow Airport, trying to reach Rhodesia.
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Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King - NW6
Joseph Ross sources this quote to a 1967 book by King, 'Where Do We Go From H...
Mosaic House, back - Martin Luther King
The ultimate tragedy is not the brutality of the bad people, but the silence ...
Treatment Rooms 2 - Martin Luther King
Occupy London was a movement for social justice in London and part of the int...
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Joe Slovo
South African freedom fighter. Born Lithuania. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was 8. Married First in 1949. died at home in Johannesburg, as a member of Nelson Mandela's government.
1 memorial
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
Mahomet Weyonomon
A Mohegan Sachem (chief), grandson of Sachem Oweneco and well-educated, writing several languages including English and Latin. The Mohegans became allies of the English, helping the first settlers ...
1 memorial
John Archer
Political activist. John Richard Archer was born at 3 Blake Street, Liverpool. He travelled the world as a seaman, living in Canada and the USA, before eventually settling in Battersea, where he op...
Person, Photography, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Canada, USA
2 memorials
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
1 memorial
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