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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black headteacher
Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black headteacher
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Maya Bello-Taylor
- Jan 23
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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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