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Black History Month special

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The League of Coloured People

The league of coloured people were an action group that was made up of a lot of distinguished, if you like, or eminent black people in britain. They included doctor cecil belfield clark and george arthur roberts who volunteered for the british army during world war one. And stella thomas from west africa, who became one of the first black women magistrates in west africa. So there ere intellectuals. There were people from the arts, like robert adams, an actor from iana, who were the founder members. Most of them cand have stayed with it throughout the 19 but they were very influential. The book undefined

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