James Peters the 1st Black Rugby Player
James Peters (August 1879 – 26 March 1954) was an English rugby union player and, later, a rugby…
James Peters (August 1879 – 26 March 1954) was an English rugby union player and, later, a rugby…
And…. > The first known person of African ancestry to be the Head of his Chambers in England…
Sislin Fay Allen was an inspiration for many when she became the Metropolitan Police’s first black female police…
However PC John Kent beat his record, as the son of a Caribbean slave who joined the police…
Boateng was born in Hackney, London of mixed Ghanaian and Scottish heritage; his family later moved to Ghana…
Diane Abbott was born to Jamaican immigrants in London in 1953. Her father was a welder and her…
Ottobah Cugoano, also known as John Stuart (c.1757 – after 1791), was an African abolitionist who was active…
Through her work at these various volunteer associations, it became evident to Maathai that the root of most…