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Very_Bad_Janet ,

I'm American so I thought I didn't know any Black British historical figures. Thanks, OP, for posting about this because it's inspiring me to educate myself on the subject.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/41433196

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/41775249

HipPriest ,

I've only heard of Mary Seacole out of the black Britons from history we're expected to know of.

I actually googled the musician and he has a relatively interesting story but it's also not at all surprising people don't know who he is today - he had one piece which was very popular called the Feast of Hiawatha which according to Google was played regularly until 1939 and then doesn't seem to have been revived. Seems he was much better regarded as a conductor.

Anyhow, historically this country's establishment has made it hard for black people to get famous until the 20th century, something that this academic surely knows. She's either naive or deliberately skewing her results for headlines by asking for names from a time when her top rankings include a Roman Governor!

davel ,
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It’s Scary that they can’t name one black Spice Girl.

UraniumBlazer ,

I can name one: KSI.

Not Bri’ish, sorry. Don’t know much about Bri’ish history. Please excuse my ignorance.

Schlemmy ,

Ever heard of Naomi Campbell?

UraniumBlazer ,

Just looked her up. Naah, never heard of her.

Moobythegoldensock ,

As an American, I can name Idris Elba and Ncuti Gatwa. But not going any further back in history than that.

LibertyLizard ,

According to the one drop rule, Queen Elizabeth (and the entire royal line) are likely black, does that count?

autotldr Bot ,

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Around half believed the number was 250,000 or fewer and only 12% of Britons thought that more than 1 million people were taken, “despite the true figure being more than three times that amount”, the report found.

Atinuke, the book’s award-winning Nigerian-born author, said of the survey’s findings: “Half of UK adults cannot name a single Black historical figure and only 7% can name more than four … I think disbelief is really the only word.”

She would have expected people to name figures such as Quintus Lollius Urbicus, who became governor of Roman Britain; the formerly enslaved Olaudah Equiano, who became an abolitionist and writer; Mary Seacole, who provided sustenance and care for British soldiers during the Crimean war, and the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

More than that, the forced contribution of millions of Black people before and during the Georgian era changed the course of British history – helping Britain to become the first industrialised nation in the world, and a superpower.”

She called for the government to drive more integration of Black British history in schools and universities, noting that, “as our world becomes more polarised and divided, increased inclusivity is needed now more than ever.

The results of this survey demonstrate an urgent need for books … that spotlight integral parts of our history that have been pushed to one side for far too long.”

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