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Kofoworola Abeni Pratt was one of the first Black nurses in the NHS and a pioneer of nursing in post-independence Nigeria.

We're challenging everyone to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonthUK 2025 in a different way each day of October!

Who were the African Caribbean prisoners of war held in Porchester Castle during the 18th century?

Check out a few of our TV recommendations to help you celebrate and learn more about UK Black history, culture and talent this BHMUK23.

The theme of Black History Month UK 2022 is ‘Before Windrush’. This October we’ll be exploring the lives and stories of Black Britons who

The first of February marks the start of Black History Month in several countries including the USA, Canada, and Germany. And the start of P

Justin Fashanu – the first openly gay male professional footballer & first Black British footballer to command a £1 million transfer fee

Pearl Alcock - the outsider artist who provided a queer safe space for London's Black gay community

Yvonne Conolly - Britain's first Black female headteacher

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

John Richard Archer – the first Black mayor a borough in London and founding President of the Africa Progress Union

Ira Aldridge - the UK's first Black Shakespearan actor

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

Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) is widely considered to be the first Black professional footballer in the world.

Laurence Paul Cunningham was an English professional footballer and first British footballer signed by Real Madrid

Emma and her sister are known to be the earliest known Black women footballers in the UK

Lieutenant Walter Tull was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of African-Caribbean descent.

To mark the winter FIFA World Cup 2023, we'll be exploring some UK Black firsts in football throughout December.

Ulric Cross was nicknamed 'The Black Hornet' and was a highly decorated RAF Squadron Leader who flew 80 operational flights over Germany

Lilian Bader overcame discrimination and racism to become one of the first women of Afro-Caribbean heritage to join the RAF