Claudia Jones celebrated with blue heritage plaque in Camden
The life of pioneering civil rights campaigner Claudia Jones has been celebrated with the unveiling of a blue heritage plaque outside her Camden…
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A life well served: Tributes paid to community hero Leonard Johnson
Black activist was the brain-child behind the Bridge Park Community Leisure Centre where Raheem Sterling played football
Source: voice-online.co.uk
Jamaican trailblazer Sonny Roberts 'started it all', says Chris Blackwell | Entertainment
Sonny Roberts, a Jamaican who migrated to the United Kingdom in 1958, was last week Wednesday honoured by the Nubian Jak Community Trust, with a Blue Plaque in recognition as one of the most important pioneers of UK black music in Britain. The...
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Source: jamaica-gleaner.com
Groundbreaking black British playwright to be honoured with blue plaque
Michael Abbensetts was first black British playwright commissioned to write drama series for UK television
Source: theguardian.com
Nubian Jak honours Ibru patriarch with 'Blue Heritage Plaque' in UK | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News — Nigeria — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News
The Nubian Jak Community Trust (NJCT) has honoured the late popular Nigerian billionaire, industrialist and patriarch of the famous Ibru family, Olorogun Michael Ibru, with the prestigious “Blue Heritage Plaque” in Britain.
Source: guardian.ng
Unity across Atlantic to celebrate Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States but his legacy is now being honoured in the UK
Source: voice-online.co.uk
Pioneering Peckings Records honoured with Blue Plaque
Peckings Records was one of the first labels to import and distribute Jamaican music in the UK
Source: voice-online.co.uk
Olaudah Equiano to be honoured with blue plaque
The author and former slave played an instrumental part in the abolitionist movement with a UK-wide book tour
Source: voice-online.co.uk
Islington Council backs plans for Windrush nurses' monument
Islington Council fundraising to commemorate Windrush and Commonwealth NHS Nurses and Midwives - Credit: Islington Council Islington Council is backing a campaign to install a seven foot high granite statue at Whittington Hospital in honour of Windrush and Commonwealth NHS nurses and midwives. The memorial would honour the 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth who came to the UK between 1948 and 1973 to help the fledging NHS, which was facing problems recruiting enough st...
Source: islingtongazette.co.uk
Blue heritage plaque unveiled to honour Choice FM
Blue heritage plaque unveiled to honour Choice FM A blue heritage plaque has been unveiled in honour of Choice FM, the first and only black radio station with a London wide commercial licence. On March 31st 1990, the station delivered the first historic broadcast on the famous 96.9FM frequency. To commemorate its history the Nubian Jak Community Trust organised the unveiling with co-founder and photographer Neil Kenlock, former director Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE and Mayor Councillor ...
Source: radiotoday.co.uk