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The War Office turned her down, so Mary paid her own way to the Crimea and cared for wounded soldiers. Her statue outside St Thomas' Hospital in London was unveiled in 2016

Walter was one of the first Black outfield players in England's top division. He was commissioned as an officer despite army rules against it, and was killed in France in 1918.

Born in Trinidad, Claudia was deported from the US and made London her home. She launched the West Indian Gazette in 1958 and organised an indoor Caribbean carnival in 1959 after the Notting Hill riots.

Diane was elected MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1987. That year also saw Bernie Grant, Paul Boateng and Keith Vaz elected, the first Black and Asian MPs in modern times.

 His book, The Interesting Narrative, was read across Britain. He toured the country speaking against the slave trade, which Parliament abolished in 1807.

The Bristol Bus Boycott lasted four months, and the company dropped its colour bar. It helped pave the way for the Race Relations Act 1965

The Nottingham Forest right-back made his England debut against Czechoslovakia in 1978 and went on to win 30 caps.

Born in Ghana, Arthur played in goal for Preston North End and others in the 1880s. He was also a record-breaking sprinter, running 100 yards in 10 seconds in 1886.

Kelly won her double gold aged 34, after years of injuries. She served in the army before becoming a full-time athlete, and has since spoken openly about mental health.

Lewis shares the record with Michael Schumacher. He is F1's first and only Black world champion, and he set up the Hamilton Commission to improve diversity in motorsport.

He performed in a stab-proof vest designed by Banksy. Stormzy also funds the Stormzy Scholarship for Black students at the University of Cambridge.

He became the first Black filmmaker to win Best Picture as a producer, in 2014. He later made the Small Axe films about London's West Indian community.

In 2021 she became the first Black woman to win the Emmy for writing a limited series. She also created Chewing Gum.

She was the first Black Children's Laureate. Noughts & Crosses flips racial power to make readers rethink prejudice, and it became a BBC series in 2020.

Nicola, from Leeds, won flyweight gold in 2012 and defended it in Rio in 2016. She later became a world champion as a professional.

The ship arrived on 22 June 1948 with passengers from the Caribbean who came to help rebuild Britain. Windrush Day is now marked every year on 22 June.

The first UK Black History Month was organised in London by Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, a Ghanaian-born analyst working at the Greater London Council.

It was the first UK law against racial discrimination, covering public places. A 1968 Act extended it to housing and employment.

Olive campaigned on housing, policing and education in 1970s London. She died aged 27, and a Lambeth Council building is named after her.

Born into slavery in Bermuda, Mary came to London and told her story in The History of Mary Prince. Slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833.

She topped the "100 Great Black Britons" poll in 2004, more than a century after her death.

Its roots go back to Claudia Jones's indoor carnival in 1959, and the street carnival began in the mid-1960s. It is now one of Europe's biggest street festivals.

She was elected leader of the Conservative Party in November 2024.