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Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black headteacher

Pablo Fanque – master horseman and first Black circus owner in Britain

John Richard Archer - the first Black mayor of a London borough

Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearean actor

Emma Clarke - considered to be the first known Black women footballer in Britain

Arthur Wharton -probably the first Black professional footballer in the world

Vivian Anderson - first Black Briton to play for the senior men's England national football team

Laurie Cunningham - first British footballer to sign with Real Madrid

Exploring the military and footballing career of Walter Tull

Celebrating UK Black Footie Firsts throughout December

Exploring the military career of Ulric Cross

Lilian Bader was one of the first women of Afro-Caribbean heritage to join the Royal Air Force (RAF)

Celebrating Black heritage service men and women during Remembrance Month

Kathleen Wrasama - dedicated her life to helping the Black community in Britain

African American GIs in the UK during 2WW - crossing the colour bar

Google Doodle celebrates Andrew Watson - the world's first Black person to play association football

Google Doodle pays tributes to Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer and composer

Jessica Huntley - political reformer, women's rights activist and pioneering British publisher

Caribbean Artist Movement: pushed the boundaries of what was considered to be art

John La Rose - was a writer, publisher & political organiser who changed the lives of Black Britons