Eric & Jessica Huntley

Bogle L’Overture publishers

Exemplary service, ardent campaigners and activists.
See Feature

Sir Herman Ouseley

CRE, GLC, ILEA, LB Lambeth

Strategist clear thinking Ambassador – man of the people.
See 100 Great Black Britons website

Arif Ali

Hansib Publications

Promoting the cause(s) giving voice to the voiceless. Running the largest black publishers in Europe

Tony Wade

Author of How They Made a Million: The Dyke and Dryden Story

Showing that we can really run our own businesses - hair hair…to them. The Dyke & Dryden Story is the story of the rise of Britain's biggest Black-owned company and spells out loud and clear the dynamism of self-help, self-reliance and just how resourcefulness can overcome barriers to progress.

Prof Elizabeth Anionwu

Head of Mary Seacole Resource Centre

Books:

• Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (2001)
• Sickle Cell Disease: A Guide for Families (1986)
• Sickle Cell Anaemia - Who Cares?: A Survey of Screening and Counselling Facilities in England (1985)

Rolling up her sleeves to ensure that the right people know about Sickle cell, used similar strategy to ensure that internal and external agencies know about the work of Mary Seacole.

Ama Gueye

Founder of ELBWO, Clinton Rd,
London E7 0HD

East London Black Women’s organisation, now 24 years old, is one of the few voluntary sector projects who own their building. ELBWO based in Forest Gate offers a range of support services including:- Domestic violence advice; exclusions advocacy; family befriending service; child care; adult education; counselling service; volunteering opportunities and Saturday school. Telephone:
020 8534 7545

Sybil Phoenix

Director, Marsha Phoenix Memorial Trust

Founded many organisations and has worked tirelessly across London.. our own Harriet Tubman, run personal development

Celeste Nri

Director, Age Activity Centre

Founded the Age Activity Centre, now 17 years old, has held the helm since its inception. It also owns its own building - not bad at 72

Olivia Bush

Gloria Berry

Dotlyn Paul

Newham Council

Business person

Essex County Council

My mentors of over 30 years who I am still in touch with and have guided and watched over me.

Maria Dalyrample

Co-ordinator, Youth Aid

Claudia Jones

Journalist, Founder of Carnival

Claudia Jones: A Biography by Marika Sherwood (1999) - A biography of the pioneering black feminist who founded the Notting Hill Carnival. Based on interviews and archival research, the text covers Jones's coming of age in Harlem, New York, involvement with the communist movement, extradition to Britain in 1955, and subsequent civil rights work. Jones founded the Carnival in 1959, to showcase the talents and culture of the Afro-Caribbean community. She also organised campaigns against the 1962 Immigration Act, the Vietnam War and the South African apartheid regime. Jones died penniless in 1964.

Links:
Claudia Jones: A life in exile

Marcus Garvey

Visionary and leader

See Feature: Marcus Garvey - Garvey's Legacy in Context: Colourism, Black Movements and African Nationalism

See Links
See Books

CLR James

Writer and intellectual

See Feature: C.L.R. JAMES - Biography

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Lord David Pitt

Man should have been an MP

See Tribute: Lord David Pitt, Elder Statesman (1913-1994)

Bernie Grant MP

Politician of the people

See Tribute: Bernie Grant, Militant Parliamentarian (1944-2000)

Charles Moody

GP, activist

Mary Seacole

The real warrior

See Feature: Mary Seacole - The Legacy

See Links
See Books

Olaudah Equiano

See Feature: Olaudah Equiano - The slave who became a best selling author and abolitionist

See Links
See Books

Len Garrison

Educationalist, activist, photographer

See Tribute to Len Garrison

Courtney Laws

Community leader