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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Martin Luther King Jr.
(1929-1968) campaigner for civil rights

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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Eartha Kitt
(1927-2008) actor

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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Millie Small
(1947-2020) singer

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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James Baldwin
(1924-1987) civil rights activist

Evelyn Dove 1902-1987 singer born here [full inscription unknown]

25a Barnard Road, Battersea, London, United Kingdom

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Evelyn Dove
(1902-1987) singer

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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Benjamin Zephaniah
(1958-2023) poet

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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Larry Gains 1900-1983

The Shoeburyness Hotel, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

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

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