100 Great Black Britons

Vernon, Patrick

£9.99

Patrick Vernon’s landmark ‘100 Great Black Britons’ campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history. Frustrated by the widespread and continuing exclusion of the black British community from the mainstream popular conception of ‘Britishness’, despite black people having lived in Britain for over a thousand years, Vernon set up a public poll in which anyone could vote for the black Briton they most admired. The response to this campaign was incredible. As a result, a number of black historical figures were included on the national school curriculum and had statues and memorials erected and blue plaques put up in their honour. Now, with this book, Vernon and Osborne have relaunched the campaign with an updated list of names and accompanying portraits.

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Publish Date: 02/09/2021

Additional information

Weight 380 g
Dimensions 192 × 124 × 28 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

xxiv, 440 , 16 unnumbered of plates

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

941.00496 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K