Google Doodle celebrates Adelaide Hall's 122nd birthday
Adelaide Hall was the jazz singer who introduced scat singing and was a household name in 1930s Britain.
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- Feb 18
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates Mama Cax during Black History Month USA
Google Doodle celebrates the pioneering American model and disability rights activist who championed for the fashion industry's inclusion of
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- Oct 18, 2022
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Google Doodle celebrates Andrew Watson - the world's first Black person to play association football
Andrew Watson was a Scottish footballer who is widely considered to be the world's first black person to play association football at intern
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- Oct 16, 2022
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Google Doodle pays tributes to Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer and composer
Google Doodle pays tributes to Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer and composer
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- Oct 9, 2022
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Google Doodle celebrates Dr Harold Moody
Jamaican born Dr Harold Moody campaigned against racism in Edwardian Britain and provided free medical care to the poorer members of his loc
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- Sep 9, 2022
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Google Doodle celebrates Louise 'Miss Lou' Bennett-Coverley's 103rd birthday
Louise "Miss Lou" was a famed poet, folklorist, and the first Black student to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1945. On...
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- Apr 20, 2022
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Google Doodle celebrates St Lucian Economist Sir W. Arthur Lewis
Sir W. Arthur Lewis is one of the pioneers of Development Economics and was of the first proponents of reparations to the Caribbean and...
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- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates the life of Una Marson
Una Marson was one of Jamacia's most influential feminist thinkers. She was a poet, playwright, editor, activist and broadcaster.
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- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates the 68th birthday of Olive Morris
Olive Morris is widely recognised as a prominent voice of leadership in the fight against discrimination in Britain during the 1970s.
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- Nov 29, 2020
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates the 95th birthday of Frank Bailey - London’s first black firefighter
Guyanese-British firefighter and social worker Frank Bailey, who is widely considered to be the first Black firefighter of post-war...
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- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
Google Doodle celebrates Pre-Raphaelite artists’ model Fanny Eaton
Jamacian born Fanny Eaton was one of the most influential muses in the Pre-Raphaelite movement and helped challenge the idealised...
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- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates Claudia Jones during Black History Month UK
Today’s Doodle commemorates Trinidad-born activist, feminist, journalist, orator, and community organizer Claudia Jones.
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- Oct 4, 2020
- 2 min
Google Doodle celebrates Ignatius Sancho on the first day of UK's Black History Month
As the UK's Black History kicks off, Google Doodle celebrates the extraordinary life of Abolitionist, Composer and Writer, Igantius Sancho
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- Aug 31, 2020
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Google Doodle celebrates Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experience
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