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The Nubian Jak Community Trust was set up by Jak Beula, who initiated a scheme to commemorate historic black figures in 2004, starting with a plaque for Bob Marley in Camden. Since then, the organisation has erected over 15 plaques around the UK. Funding comes from donations, as well as through sales of the Nubian Jak board game, which also highlights famous black people, via trivia questions and historical facts.
66 out of 69 (95%) plaques have been curated
73 subjects all or unphotographedGender Diversity
Ignatius Sancho 1729-1780 writer, symbol of humanity of Africans lived and had a grocery shop near this site
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London, United Kingdom
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Lord Learie Constantine 1901-1971, cricketer, barrister, politician and statesman lived here 1960-1971
Kendal Court, Shoot-Up Hill, Brent, London, United Kingdom
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Constance Winifred MacDonald aka ‘Connie Mark’ 1923–2007, community activist, and founder of the Mary Seacole Memorial Association, lived here 2005-2007
Mary Seacole House, 24 Invermead Place, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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Britain’s first African Caribbean Carnival was established in 1958 by Claudia Jones 1915-1964, she also helped to organise the first Notting Hill Street Carnival 1964
225 Portobello Road, London, United Kingdom
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Robert Nesta Marley 1945-81 singer, lyricist and Rastafarian icon lived here 1972
34 Ridgmount Gardens, Camden, London, United Kingdom
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Kelso Cochrane 1936-1959 Antiguan carpenter and student, was fatally wounded on this site. His death outraged and unified the community, leading to the lasting cosmopolitan tradition in this area of North Kensington
36 Golborne Road, London, United Kingdom
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Amy Ashwood Garvey 1897-1969 feminist, human rights campaigner, Pan-Africanist and first wife of Marcus Garvey lived here between 1934 and 1960
1 Bassett Road, Ladbroke Grove, London, United Kingdom
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New Cross Fire took place at this site on January 18, 1981 claiming the lives of 14 young people
New Cross Road, New Cross, London, United Kingdom
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Rudy Narayan 1938–1998 barrister, civil rights activist, community champion and voice for the voiceless practised law here 1987-1994
413 Brixton Road, London, United Kingdom
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John Richard Archer 1863-1932 Mayor of Battersea 1913-1914 (first black London mayor) had a photography shop and lived here 1918-1932
214 Battersea Park Road , London, United Kingdom
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Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien 1919-2002 through her vision and spirit the Notting Hill Street Festival was conceived in 1959. It later evolved into Notting Hill Carnival
corner of Tavistock Square and Portobello Road, London, United Kingdom
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Claudia Jones 1915-1964 Mother of Caribbean Carnival in Britain. Organised an annual carnival from January 1959 as a community response to the 1958 August Bank Holiday Notting Hill riots
corner of Tavistock Rd and Portobello Rd, London, United Kingdom
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Mary Prince 1788-1833 abolitionist and author lived in a house near this site 1829
Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom
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London Headquarters of the African National Congress 1978–1994
28 Penton Street, Islington, London, United Kingdom
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Malcolm X 1925 - 1965 International civil rights campaigner, advocated desegregated housing in Smethwick with his visit to Marshall Street in 1965 Recognize
Marshall Street / 13 West Park Road, Smethwick, United Kingdom
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 1875-1912 composer lived and died here
6 St Leonards Road, Croydon, United Kingdom
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Dennis Emmanuel Brown "The Crown Prince of Reggae" 1957-1999 singer, lyricist and musician lived here between 1993-1999
55 Hazeldean Road, Harlesden, London, United Kingdom
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Leslie Palmer 1943 Pioneered the template for the modern Notting Hill Carnival, Helped transform a local community carnival into a nationally recognised event.
70 Tavistock Road, London, United Kingdom
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Russell Henderson 1924 Musician and Pioneering Pan Artist, Led the first ever carnival parade on the streets of Notting Hill in 1965
69 Tavistock Road, London, United Kingdom
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George Africanus c1763 -1834 pioneer employment agency entrepreneur, property owner and landlord lived and worked near here formerly 28 Chandlers Lane
The Major Oak Pub, 11-13 Victoria Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Walter Tull 1888-1918 pioneering footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and pioneering British Army Officer lived in a house on this site 1909-1910
77 Northumberland Park, Tottenham, London, United Kingdom
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Frederick Douglass 1818-1895 American Social Reformer Author, Orator and Statesman stayed in a house on this site 1846
5 Whitehead's Grove, London, United Kingdom
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Stephen Lawrence 1974-1993 son, outstanding student and prospective architect. Taken too soon but will never be forgotten
Stephen Lawrence Centre, Deptford, London, United Kingdom
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Frank Bates 1889-1921 Vocalist and lead singer with pioneering jazz ensemble The Southern Syncopated Orchestra resided here 1918-1919
19 Hichisson Road, London, United Kingdom
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Pete Robinson 1888-1921 drummer and band leader with The SSO lived here 1915-1917
8 Crewdson Road, the Oval, London, United Kingdom
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Bernie Grant 1944-2000 Trade Unionist, council leader, Member of Parliament and people's champion held legendary surgeries here 1987-2000
Tottenham Old Town Hall, Town Hall Approach, London, United Kingdom
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Arthur Stanley Wint 1920-1992 RAF pilot, doctor & diplomat, Gold medal olympian lived at this address 1949-1960
22 Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court, London, United Kingdom
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Sidney Bechet 1897-1959 New Orleans Jazz Pioneer Saxophonist & Clarinetist lived here 1922
27 Conway Street, Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom
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Laurie Cunningham 1956-1989 football legend, pioneering England International played for Leyton Orient FC 1974-1977
Kitchen Court, opposite the Brisbane Road stadium, London, United Kingdom
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To commemorate the centenary of the British West Indies Regiment who trained in Seaford 1915-1916 Seaford Museum
Seaford Station, Seaford, United Kingdom
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Home of Eric Huntley and Jessica Huntley community activists and educators who founded pioneering company Bogle L'Ouverture Publications in 1968
141 Coldershaw Road , London, United Kingdom
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Journalist and human rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1862-1931 stayed in a house on this site in 1893 as part of her British Isles lecturing tour
Edgbaston Community Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Harold Arundel Moody 1882-1947. Jamaican Doctor, Humanitarian and British Civil Rights Activist Established The League of Coloured Peoples here, at the Central YMCA 13 March 1931
Central YMCA, 111 Great Russell Street, Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom
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Longfield Hall home of the Dark and Light Britain's first black theatre company 1969-1975
Longfield Hall, 50 Knatchbull Road, Camberwell, London, United Kingdom
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Cy Grant 1919-2010 activist, writer, musician pioneering actor and WWII RAF navigator lived here 1962-2010
Jackson's Lane, London, United Kingdom
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On this site in September 1773 A.Bell Booksellers published a volume of poems by Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784 the first work of an African American female writer published in English. United States Embassy & Dorsett Hospitality International
Dorsett City Hotel, 9 Aldgate High Street, London, United Kingdom
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Frank Gilbert Crichlow 1932 -2010 Human rights campaigner, community organiser and restauranteur Founded Mangrove Restaurant. Co-founder Mangrove Steel Band and Mangrove Community Association here 1968 - 1992
8 All Saints Road, London, United Kingdom
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Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer finished the albums Catch A Fire and Burnin for Chris Blackwell's Island Records here. Exodus was also recorded here January-April 1977
Old Island Studios, Basing Street, Ladbroke Grove, London, United Kingdom
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Bob Marley & The Wailers played their largest UK concert and final London show here, 7th June 1980 Crystal Palace Bowl
Crystal Palace Bowl, London, United Kingdom
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Dr George Alfred Busby 1899-1980 Caribbean Pan-Africanist Walthamstow physician and surgeon, relocated to practise in Ghana lived here 1926-1929
66 Erskine Road Walthamstow , London, United Kingdom
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Winifred Atwell 1914-1983 First black person to have a number one hit in the UK and still the only female instrumentalist to do so
Chaucer Road, Brixton, London, United Kingdom
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Dr John Alcindor, 1873 - 1924, physician, Pan-Africanist and WW1 local hero, had his surgery here, 1913 - 1924
209 Harrow Road, W2 5EH, London, United Kingdom
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Fela Kuti 1938-1997 Father of Afrobeat who challenged colonial politics in Nigeria
Trinity Laban, King Charles Court, Greenwich Peninsula, London, United Kingdom
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On March 31st 1990 Choice FM started broadcasting from this building on the 96.9 FM frequency
16-18 Trinity Gardens, Brixton, London, United Kingdom
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George Padmore 1903-1959 aka Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse international activist and renowned Pan Africanist lived here 1941-1957
22 Cranleigh Street, London, United Kingdom
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Darcus Howe 1943-2017 civil rights activist, writer and broadcaster edited and published Race Today from this house 1973-1988
167 Railton Road, London, United Kingdom
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Cecile Nobrega 1919-2013 educator, classical composer, playwright, poet and inspiration behind the Stockwell Bronze Woman monument lived here 1991-2013
Lee Samuel House, 10 Nealden Street, London, United Kingdom
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This hotel was the last official residence of Jimi Hendrix 1942 - 1970 Legendary guitarist, composer, artist and pop culture influencer
Hard Rock Hotel London, Great Cumberland Place, London, United Kingdom
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Edmonia 'Wildfire' Lewis 1844-1907 lived and died here. African American sculptor famed for her work relating to black and indigenous people in a neo-classical style
154 Blythe Road, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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George Bridgetower 1778-1860 International virtuoso violinist and dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No.9 Lived and died at 8 Victory Cottages in a house at this site
Jack Jones House, Reedham Street, Peckham, London, United Kingdom
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Dr Cecil Belfield-Clarke 1894-1970 Barbados/Cambridge Scholar, political activist, General Practitioner, and Inventor of the biological 'Clarke Rule' treatment for children. Practiced medicine here for 45 years
112 Newington Causeway, Elephant and Castle, London, United Kingdom
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Althea McNish 1924-2020 Pioneering Designer of International Textiles, Murals and Wallpapers, and Prolific Painter Lived and had her Studio Here for Over 60 Years
142 West Green Road, Tottenham, London, United Kingdom
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Black Plaque Project #5
Dyke, Dryden & Wade Pioneered Britain's Black haircare and beauty industry from 1965 onwards, laying the groundwork for Black enterprise
126 West Green Road, Tottenham, London, United Kingdom
The first sermon on British soil by The Reverend Dr Martin Luther King 1929–1968 was preached here at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in October 1961
235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom
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Iconic American singer and actress Eartha Kitt 1927-2008 appeared in the first BBC production televised from the new Riverside Studios June 17, 1956
Riverside Studios, 101 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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Daphne Adriana Steele 1927-2004 pioneering nurse: Britain's first NHS Hospital Matron of African heritage trained and qualified at St James Hospital on this site.
St James Hospital, Balham, London, United Kingdom
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Alderman Egbert Sylvester Carless OBE 1933 - 2003 Birmingham City Council's First Black Councillor Chair of Governors at Handsworth College (later City College) 1985 to 2022
South & City College Birmingham - Handsworth Campus - Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Madge Vaidya 1907-1996 In recognition of her exceptional bravery and life-saving actions during the devastating flood of London in 1928
Hurlingham Park, Hurlingham Road Fulham, London, United Kingdom
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My Boy Lollipop recording artist Millie Small lived here 1993-2000
62 Netherwood Road, West Kensington, London, United Kingdom
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In September 1767 Olaudah Equiano c.1745-1797 African writer and abolitionist, spent time in this house, then home of his friends, the Querin sisters
111 Maze Hill, Greenwich, United Kingdom
James Baldwin 1924-1987 Author, Civil Rights activist spoke at Clr James Library in 1985. His visit showed the strength of local anti-racist groups and their right for equality.
Hackney CVS, Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom
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Evelyn Dove 1902-1987 singer born here [full inscription unknown]
25a Barnard Road, Battersea, London, United Kingdom
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Denise Johnson 1963-2020 vocalist with Fifth of Heaven, Primal Scream, and Electronic lived here 1981 to 2020
Strathmore Avenue, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Marie-Louise Christophe 1778-1851 first and only Queen of Haiti lived in this house with her daughters
49 Weymouth Street, London, United Kingdom
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The People's Poet Benjamin Zephaniah 1958 - 2023 Writer, Activist, Actor, Musician His creative voice travelled from Birmingham around the world
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Multimillion disc selling piano impresario Winifred Atwell 1914-1983 opened the UK's first black hair and beauty salon on this site in 1956
82D Railton Road, Brixton, London, United Kingdom
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David Victor Emmanuel aka Smiley Culture 1963-2011 singer, producer and pioneering reggae MC lived at Temple Court 1976-1980
Temple Court, Lansdowne Green Estate, London, United Kingdom
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Chief Michael C.O. Ibru 1930 - 2016 Pioneering Industrialist and Philanthropist Lived Here 1974 - 2007
6 Kensington Park Gardens, London, United Kingdom