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The 2018 Rankings were released in October 2017 and saw Gina Miller named as the most influential black person in the UK. The list was compiled by a panel that included Dame Linda Dobbs and Tim Campbell and over half of the 100 people on this year's list were women.
100 Great Black Britons is a poll that was first undertaken in 2003 to vote for and celebrate the greatest Black Britons of all time. It was created in a campaign initiated by Patrick Vernon in response to a BBC search for 100 Greatest Britons, together with a television series (2002), which featured no Black Britons in the published listing. [1]
Wright was listed at number 6 in the Powerlist 2018 rankings of the most influential black people in the UK, [6] and at number 4 in the Powerlist 2019 rankings and the Powerlist 2020 rankings. [7] [8] In 2021 she was chosen by BBC Radio 4's Today programme to be one of seven lucky guest editors during the Christmas period. [9]
2011 – Winner of the "New Talent" award from the WFTV (Women in Film and Television) [52] 2012 – UK Powerlist, listed as one of the UK top 100 most influential black people [53] 2013 – UK Powerlist, listed as one of the UK top 10 most influential black people [54] 2013 – Yale University Centre for Dyslexia "Out of the box thinking award ...
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In 1973, black British women organised the Brixton Black Women's Group to focus on education and contraceptive issues in their community. [11] [45] [46] Women who were former British Black Panthers, such as Olive Morris, Beverly Bryan and Liz Obi, were involved in this group. The organisation was the first black women's group in the UK. [46]
In November 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women. [39] In 2016, Adams was named Number One in the DIVA Power List of the UK's most eminent lesbian and bisexual women. [40] [41] In 2019 she was included in the annual Powerlist, being recognised as one of the most influential black Britons. [42]
There, she was vice-president and medical director on the executive team of GSK's UK subsidiary. She then became GSK's Senior Vice President and Chief of Strategy and R&D. She was named in the 2011 Powerlist of Britain's Most Influential Black People. [2] In the 2012 Powerlist she was named at number five. [3]