Plaque

Darcus Howe - SE24

Erection date: 4/1/2021

Inscription

Darcus Howe, 1943 - 2017, civil rights activist, writer and broadcaster, edited and published Race Today from this house, 1973 - 1988.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Black History Walks

Site: Darcus Howe and C.L.R. James (2 memorials)

SE24, Railton Road, 165-7, Brixton Advice Centre

Both plaques are actually around the corner in Shakespeare Road.

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Darcus Howe - SE24

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Darcus Howe

Broadcaster, writer and civil liberties campaigner. Born as Leighton Rhett Ra...

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Black History Walks

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C. L. R. James

C. L. R. James

C. L. R. James, 1901 - 1989, West Indian writer and political activist, lived...

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