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15 Feb

Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Bernie Grant (1944-2000)

15th February 2019
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Activist, Britain first black councillor, and joint first black MP Labour MP Bernie Grant was one of the most charismatic black poli...

13 Feb

Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Ben Okri (1959-Present)

13th February 2019
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Author and Booker Prize Winner Poet and novelist Ben Okri was born in 1959 in Minna, northern Nigeria, to an Igbo mother and Urhobo ...

13 Feb

Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Claudia Jones (1915-1964)

13th February 2019
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Founder of Britain's first black weekly newspaper "The Westindian Gazette", also known as the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival Cl...

13 Feb

Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-Present)

13th February 2019
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Poet, Performer, Writer, Cultural Commentator Dr. Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham, but spent his early years in Jamaica, w...

13 Feb

Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Baroness Roselind Howells (1931-Present)

13th February 2019
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Life Peer And Community Activist Baroness Howells of St David, OBE was the first black woman to sit on the GLC's Training Board; the...

13 Feb

Achievements, Britain, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Baroness Valerie Amos (1954-Present)

13th February 2019
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First black woman cabinet minister and joint first black woman peer and recently appointed Leader of the House of Lords, the third woma...

12 Feb

Achievements, Africa, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Haile Selassie I (1892 – 1975)

12th February 2019
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Early Years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie was born in Ethiopia in a region called Ejersa Gora on 23 July 1892...

12 Feb

Achievements, Deep Roots, Global Melanin, North America

Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852 – 1889)

12th February 2019
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1852 – 1889 Jan Matzeliger invented a shoe manufacturing machine that was, at the time, considered impossible. He enabled the creation...

11 Feb

Achievements, Africa, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Mossi Empire – 1001 AD to 1896 AD

11th February 2019
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Black History Date: c. 1001 - c. 1896 Length: 895 Years Overview Origin The origin story is unique in that a woman plays a key r...

09 Feb

Achievements, Africa, Deep Roots, Global Melanin

Kingdom of Ghana – 750 AD to 1076 AD

9th February 2019
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Black History Date: c. 750 - c. 1076 Length: 326 Years Overview The Kingdom of Ghana existed from approximately 750 C.E. to 1076 ...

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