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January 4th: Today's Feature - Emma Clarke, Footballer
Emma Clarke (1876 - 1905) was a British footballer, considered to be the first known black women's footballer in Britain.
Early Life
Born in Bootle, Lancashire in England, to parents William and Wilhelmina Clarke, Emma, along with her sister, who was also one of the earliest known black women footballers in Britain, grew up in Bootle. She worked as a confectioner's apprentice from the age of 15, and received her formative sporting education playing the game in her neighbo
Jan 4


January 3rd: Today's Feature - Part II: Malik Al Nasir
In 2010, Malik Al Nasir graduated with an MA in New Media Production from Liverpool Screen School, a faculty of Liverpool John Moores Uni
Jan 3


January 2nd: Today's Feature - Malik Al Nasir: Part I
Malik Al Nasir: Part I
Born Mark Trevor Watson (born 1966, Liverpool, England) is a British author and performance poet, born to a Welsh mother and a Guyanese father. Malik is the band leader of Malik & the O.G’s. Spurred by an interest in the early black footballer Andrew Watson, he began to research his family ancestry, discovering both enslaved and slave-owners in his lineage.
Jan 2


January 1st: Todays’ Feature - Harold Arundel Moody, Physician, Civil Rights Campaigner
Harold Arundel Moody (8 October 1882 – 24 April 1947) was a Jamaican-born physician
Jan 1
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