A very elusive organisation as all we can find about them is that they are committed to promoting African-British history and literature.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Universal Negro Improvement Association
This building was the headquarters of the Universal Negro Improvement Associa...
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Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, CD, MBE, Bishop of Dover
Rose Josephine Hudson-Wilkin CD MBE KHC is an Anglican prelate, who serves as Suffragan Bishop of Dover in the diocese of Canterbury – deputising for the archbishop – since 2019: she is the first b...
1 memorial
King George IV
Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzherbert, he then officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Built the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. A statue of him ...
17 memorials
Samuel Morley
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the famil...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
3 memorials
Newman Hall
Non-conformist minister and hymn writer. Born Maidstone, Kent as Christopher Newman Hall. 1854 became minister of Surrey Chapel. Promoted the abolition of slavery and in 1867 visited North America,...
2 memorials
Altab Ali
24-year-old Bengali murdered in Adler Street, junction Whitechapel High Street, in a racist attack by three teenage boys. Altab Ali was on his way home to Wapping from a small factory just off Bric...
1 memorial
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Benvenuto Cellini
Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, and artist who also wrote a famous autobiography and poetry.
Person, Art, Craft / Design, Literature, Music / songs, Poetry, Sculpture, Italy
2 memorials
Norman J. W. Helliwell
Soldier in the Queen Victoria Rifles killed in the Battle of Piave River. Andrew Behan has researched Helliwell: Private Norman John Webster Helliwell was born in 1893, in Bayswater, the only chil...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Thomas Earp
Architectural carver. Born Nottinghamshire. Worked out of 1 Kennington Road. Do not confuse with Thomas Earp the politician, with similar dates.
2 memorials
Hazel Reeves
Our picture comes from the video of the unveiling of the Gresley statue, on Reeves' website.
1 memorial
John Keats
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, where his father worked as a stableman and later managed the inn. Baptised at St Botolphs. 1815-16 trained at Guy’s Hospit...
8 memorials
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