http://www.itzcaribbean.com/heritage_plaque_scheme.php
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
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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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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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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My Boy Lollipop recording artist Millie Small lived here 1993-2000
62 Netherwood Road, West Kensington, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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