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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018
Atlantic slave trade
slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and 19th centuries
Olaudah Equiano
Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
Mary Seacole
British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which abolished slavery in the British Empire by way of compensated emancipation.
Black History Month
Annual celebration of Black history
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
British barrister, politician and judge (1705–1793)
Sarah Forbes Bonetta
West African princess
Wapping
Wapping () is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames, and was at one time a district with a strong maritime character.
Dido Elizabeth Belle
British aristocrat
Agnes Yewande Savage
Scottish-Nigerian physician
Olive Morris
British community leader and Black feminist activist (1952-1979)
Megxit
thumb|Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Christmas Day, 2017 On 8 January 2020, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announced on Instagram their decision to "step back as 'senior' members" of the British royal family, split their time between the United Kingdom and North America, become financially independent, and only represent the monarchy on a reduced basis. The decision was dubbed Megxit, a portmanteau of the words "Meghan" and "exit" and a play on the term Brexit. The term was adopted globally on mainstream and social media, spawning various Internet memes and "Me
Kofoworola Ademola
Yoruba Nigerian educationalist and first African woman to graduate from the University of Oxford
Black Britons
British people of African or Melanesian descent
Ignatius Sancho
British composer, writer and grocer
Small Axe
2020 British anthology film series by Steve McQueen
Tom Molineaux
American boxer
Reni Eddo-Lodge
British journalist and author
1981 Brixton riot
confrontation between Police and protesters in Brixton, London in 1981
David Olusoga
David Adetayo Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster, and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. Olusoga has presented historical documentaries on the BBC, has contributed to The Guardian and is the author of Black and British: A Forgotten History (2016).
Omo-Oba Adenrele Ademola
Nigerian princess and nurse
Murder of Stephen Lawrence
racially-motivated murder in London, UK
Buxton Memorial Fountain
fountain in London
Slavery in Britain
historical slavery in Great Britain
Orlando Martins
Nigerian film and stage actor (1899–1985)
shooting of Mark Duggan
Shooting and killing of British man by police in August 2011
Doreen Lawrence
British-Jamaican campaigner (born 1952)
Bandele Omoniyi
Nigerian nationalist
1958 Notting Hill race riots
Race riots in an area of London
Sons of Africa
group of African abolitionists in Britain
Tiger Bay
was the local name for an area of Cardiff in Wales
British African-Caribbean people
residents of the United Kingdom and Britons of African-Caribbean ancestry
Mangrove Nine
group of British black activists
Victoria Davies Randle
socialite in Victorian Lagos, Nigeria
Bristol Bus Boycott, 1963