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To continue honoring the achievements of Black people, these 120 Black History Month quotes that will surely inspire your life's journey this year and beyond.
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]
Get inspired by these Black History Month quotes from notable figures, activists and politicians including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others. 45 inspiring quotes to read during Black ...
In honor of Black History Month, we’ve rounded up 120 inspiring quotes from civil rights icons as well as words of wisdom from inspiring modern figures including Viola Davis, Janelle Monáe, and ...
James Townsend in 1772, from Gentleman's Magazine. James Townsend (baptised 8 February 1737 – 1 July 1787) was an English Whig politician and Lord Mayor of London in 1772–73. [1] He is believed to be England's first member of parliament of partial Black African ancestry. [2]
William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth (born 19 October 1938) is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major British trade union. Morris sat in the House of Lords, under the Labour Party whip, from 2006 to 2020.
1. “Many of us want change. I believe that when Black people tell our own stories, we can shift the axis of the world and tell our real history of generational wealth and richness of soul that ...
1940: The Appeal of 18 June, French leader Charles de Gaulle's radio broadcast from London, the beginning of the Resistance to German occupation during World War II. 1940: Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat , a phrase used by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1897 but popularized by Winston Churchill in the first of three inspirational radio ...