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Click to view movie Samuel Coleridge Taylor is today almost completely forgotten. However, he was, at the turn of the Century one of Britain's most outstanding Composers.

Click to view movie Arthur Wharton was the world's first Black professional footballer and 100 yards world record holder. He was also one of the first black people to play professional cricket in the Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues.
Mary Seacole was one of two famous women who nursed the sick and wounded at Crimea. The other was Florence Nightingale who was celebrated for her work and is renowned to this day.
Olaudah Equiano, called Gustavus Vassa by his white masters, became a legend through his words. In 1788 England published his autobiographical work, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.

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