Samuel Coleridge Taylor - famed 18th century British composer
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a Black British composer, whose father was from Sierra Leone. He rose to acclaim during the 20th cen
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Justin Fashanu – the first openly gay male professional footballer
Justin Fashanu – the first openly gay male professional footballer & first Black British footballer to command a £1 million transfer fee
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Feb 19, 20233 min read
Pearl Alcock - the outsider artist who provided a queer safe space for London’s Black gay community
Pearl Alcock - the outsider artist who provided a queer safe space for London's Black gay community
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first female Black headteacher
Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black female headteacher
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Pablo Fanque – master horseman and first Black circus owner in Britain
Pablo Fanque – master horseman and first Black circus owner in Britain
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Jan 23, 20233 min read
John Richard Archer - the first Black mayor of a London borough
John Richard Archer – the first Black mayor a borough in London and founding President of the Africa Progress Union
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 18, 20222 min read
Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearean actor
Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearan actor
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Vivian Anderson - first Black Briton to play for the senior men's England national football team
Vivian Anderson- first Black Briton to play for the senior men's England national football team
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Arthur Wharton -probably the first Black professional footballer in the world
Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) is widely considered to be the first Black professional footballer in the world.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Laurie Cunningham - first British footballer to sign with Real Madrid
Laurence Paul Cunningham was an English professional footballer and first British footballer signed by Real Madrid
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Emma Clarke - considered to be the first known Black women footballer in Britain
Emma and her sister are known to be the earliest known Black women footballers in the UK
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Dec 11, 20221 min read
Exploring the military and footballing career of Walter Tull
Lieutenant Walter Tull was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of African-Caribbean descent.
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Maya Bello-Taylor
Nov 24, 20221 min read
Exploring the military career of Ulric Cross
Ulric Cross was nicknamed 'The Black Hornet' and was a highly decorated RAF Squadron Leader who flew 80 operational flights over Germany
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