100 Great Black Britons

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Patrick is also Independent Non- Executive Director of Birmingham and Solihull ICS where he leads on inequalities, chair of Citizenship Partnership for HSIB and Non-Executive Director for Hertfordshire NHS Trust He is also. I feel better educated now and, vitally, proud of our black history - and of the women and men who made it.

In the introduction, the author outlines the need to recognise Black contributions, how this list came about, and the criteria for nomination. Unlike 2003-04, the updated list, which is not ranked, has been compiled by a panel after members of the public were invited to submit nominations.We are happy to welcome you to The London History Festival again this year - this time we are inviting you to join us both in person, in our lovely lecture hall in Kensington Central Library, and virtually, from the comfort of your own home. This book is an excellent reference detailing 100 Black people who have made signification contributions to British society over the past few centuries and are still doing so today.

The marriage was celebrated formally in York Minster on 24 January 1328, some months after Edward's accession to the throne of England. Patrick was awarded an OBE in 2012 for his work in tackling health inequalities affecting ethnic minority communities in Britain. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Patrick Vernon’s landmark ‘100 Great Black Britons’ campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history.

The eldest of her thirteen children was Edward, the Black Prince, who became a renowned military leader. That was the brainchild of the Windrush campaigner Patrick Vernon and historian Dr Angelina Osborne, co-authors of the new book.