Steve Biko Court
This estate is named in commemoration of Steve Biko, a leading figure in the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (South Africa) who died in police custody on the 12th September 1977 following his arrest for his activities in resisting the oppressive system of apartheid.
W10, Ladbroke Grove, Steve Biko Court
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Steve Biko
Organisation that was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (B...
Anti-apartheid activist. Born Stephen Bantu Biko in Ginsberg Township, in wha...
From Chiswick W4: The family "moved between Sligo, Dublin and London .... They first came to London in 1867 living in Edith Villas in Ful...
You get an insight into the mind-set of the erectors of this memorial from the title, in large capitals: not "King Alfred" or "Resettleme...
The Historic Southwark plaque is on the street frontage beside the less ornate entrance. The other, round, plaque is inside, high on the ...
The Reverend Nicholas Richards, 1942 - 2006, "Father Nick", rector of St Mary's Rotherhithe 1977 - 2006. London Borough of Southwark - V...
The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) was established in 1996. Ms Dynamite won MOBO awards in 2002.
Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne,...
Sculptor and poet. Born Hadleigh Suffolk. Early member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Emigrated to Australia 1852-3 for economic reasons. Buried in the churchyard of St Mary's, Hendon.
Terence Joseph Patrick Breen was born on 19 May 1932, his birth being registered as Terence Breen in the 2nd quarter of 1932 in the Stepney Registration District, London. He was a son of Patrick Jo...
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