One of the world's most famous civil rights activists, born Michael King Jr. A Baptist minister, he visited London in December 1964 on his way to Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. He stayed at the Hilton, spoke at St Pauls Cathedral and visited Parliament. He was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis. His assassin, James Earl Ray, was arrested at Heathrow Airport, trying to reach Rhodesia.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King - NW6
Joseph Ross sources this quote to a 1967 book by King, 'Where Do We Go From H...
Mosaic House, back - Martin Luther King
The ultimate tragedy is not the brutality of the bad people, but the silence ...
Treatment Rooms 2 - Martin Luther King
Occupy London was a movement for social justice in London and part of the int...
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Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement, that started in the US, that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people....
1 memorial
Nirmal Roy
Nirmal Chandra Roy first stood as a Labour party candidate in the Adelaide Ward of the London Borough of Camden in the 1978 council elections and came 6th. Four years later in 1982 he stood in the ...
1 memorial
George Ryan
Born Mon{t}serrat. Appears to have been 'pressed' into service in April 1803 in Deptford. Served as an Ordinary Seaman on HMS Victory 11 May 1803 - 15 January 1806 and thus was at the Battle of Tra...
1 memorial
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a Sierra Leonean Creole, and brought up in Croydon. His surname was Taylor and he was given the names Samuel Coleridge in ...
3 memorials
Sake Dean Mahomed
A Bengali Muslim, he joined the East India Company aged 11, where he served as a solder and fought a few times. Resigned in 1782 and two years later with his friend from the army Captain Godfrey Ev...
1 memorial
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Lewisham Victoria Cross memorial
SE13, Lewisham High Street
This website gives the name of the recipients of the Victoria Cross from Lewisham and nearby areas.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Women's Social and Political Union - prisoners' badge
SW1, Abingdon Street, Victoria Tower Gardens
The sculpture shows a WSPU prisoners' badge. This was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst - see there for more information about it.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial
Disabled Soldiers & Sailors (Hackney) Foundation
Also known as War Seal (Hackney) Foundation, this scheme was inspired by Sir Oswald Stoll's War Seal Mansions. The Foundation was formed after WW1 by G. F. J. Macleod, after a meeting held at Hackn...
2 memorials
Ann Oldfield
Actress. Possibly born in Pall Mall. Worked a lot for the Drury Lane company. Died at home in Grosvenor Street at 59 or 60, depending on source - perhaps the street has been renumbered.
1 memorial
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