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People, Places, Events


December 5th: Today's Feature - Tessa Sanderson, Athlete
Part 1: Theresa Ione Sanderson, CBE (born 14 March 1956) is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics. She was the second track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics, and the first Black British woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Dec 5, 2025


December 4th: Today's Feature - Sir Viv Richards, Pt II
PART II: Viv Richards
After cricket
Richards is a commentator on BBC's Test Match Special (TMS). He participated in Prince Edward of the United Kingdom's 1987 charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament. He was featured in the 2010 documentary movie Fire in Babylon and spoke about his experiences playing for the West Indies. Richards joined the Delhi Daredevils as their mentor in The Indian Premier League in 2013, and also mentored the Quetta Gladiators in the 2
Dec 4, 2025


December 3rd: Today's Feature - Sir Viv Richards, KNH, OBE, OOC, Cricketer
Part 1: Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards KNH, OBE, OOC, (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Richards helped win his team the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Dec 3, 2025


December 2nd: Today's Feature - Arthur Torrington CBE, Community Advocate and Historian
Arthur Torrington, CBE is a Guyanese-born Community Advocate and Historian who is Director and co-founder of the London-based Windrush Foundation, a charity that since 1996 has been working to highlight the contributions to the UK of African and Caribbean peoples, "to keep alive the memories of the young men and women who were among the first wave of post-war settlers in Britain", and to promote good community relations.
Dec 2, 2025


December 1st: Today's Feature - Altheia Jones-LeCointe, British Black Panther Leader, Political Activist
Altheia Jones-LeCointe (born 9 January 1945) is a Trinidadian physician and research scientist also known for her role as a leader of the British Black Panther Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Jones-LeCointe came to public attention in 1970 as one of the nine protestors, known as the Mangrove Nine, arrested and tried on charges that included conspiracy to incite a riot, following a protest against repeated police raids of The Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill, London.
Dec 1, 2025


November 30th: Today's Feature - Lord Learie Constantine, Cricketer, 1st black member of House of Lords
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, Kt,MBE (21 September 1901 – 1 July 1971) is probably best remembered for being one of the world’s best cricketers. But beyond the field, Learie was a persistent campaigner for racial equality and justice, writing books, speaking on the radio and even in parliament. Who was this self-styled ‘Black Englishman’?
Nov 30, 2025


November 29th: Today's Feature - Lubaina Himid, Artist
Lubaina Himid, CBE, RA (born 1954) is a British artist and curator. She is a professor of contemporary art at the University of Central Lancashire. Her art focuses on themes of cultural history and reclaiming identities.
Himid was one of the first artists involved in the UK's Black Art movement in the 1980s and continues to create activist art which is shown in galleries in Britain, as well as worldwide.
Nov 29, 2025


November 28th: Today's Feature - Janet Adegoke, Former Mayor of Hammersmith
Janet Olufunmilayo Adegoke will go down in history, not only as a former mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham, but also as the first Black woman in London to be made a Mayor.
Nov 28, 2025


November 27th: Today's Feature - Althea McNish, Textile Designer
Althea McNish FSCD (15 May 1924 – 16 April 2020) was an artist from Trinidad who became the first Black British textile designer to earn an international reputation.
Born in Trinidad, McNish moved to Britain in the 1950s. She was associated with the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) in the 1960s, participating in CAM's exhibitions and seminars and helping to promote Caribbean arts to a British public.
Nov 27, 2025
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