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Icons: Making Mixed-Race History
Everybody need icons, we admire them for the obstacles they've overcome and the legacy they leave behind.
 Barak Obama The News Statesman named him as one of ten men who could change the world and now he is on his way to the White House. more... |
 Dido Elizabeth Belle Her father was a British Royal Navy captain who later became Admiral John Lindsay and was the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield. more... |
 Charlie Williams He opened the door for many other entertainers of colour to come through. Lenny Henry and Gary Wilmot both cited him as an inspiration. more... |
 Daley Thomson The only athlete to break the world record four times. He held the Commonwealth, Olympic, World, European titles and world record. more... |
Stephen Atkins Swails Mary Seacole St Martin De Porres Robert Wedderburn W.E.B. Du Bois Alexandre Dumas Frederick Douglass Booker T Washington Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nella Larsen William Wells Brown Robert Nesta Marley Phillipa Duke Shuyler |
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