52 Facts About Black British

Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British citizens of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent.

The term Black British developed in the 1950s, referring to the Black British West Indian people from the former Caribbean British colonies in the West Indies now referred to as the Windrush Generation and people from Africa, who are residents of the United Kingdom and are British.

Black British is one of various self-designation entries used in official UK ethnicity classifications.

Black British residents constituted around 3 per cent of the United Kingdom's population in 2011.

Term Black British has most commonly been used to refer to Black people of New Commonwealth origin, of both West African and South Asian descent.

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For example, Southall Black British Sisters was established in 1979 "to meet the needs of black women".

Black British was a term for those Black and mixed-race people in Sierra Leone who were descendants of migrants from England and Canada and identified as British.

Black British wears the royal livery and is mounted on horseback.

Black British worked as a diver for Pietro Paulo Corsi in his salvage operations on the sunken St Mary and St Edward of Southampton and other ships, such as the Mary Rose, which had sunk in Portsmouth Harbour.

Black British fell ill shortly after arriving in England and was consequently buried in Lancashire.

Black British is listed in the freemen's rolls as "John Moore – blacke".

Black British is the only black person to have been found to date in the York rolls.

Black British people lived among whites in London in areas of Mile End, Stepney, Paddington, and St Giles.

Black British was taken by the Wynn family to their Ystumllyn estate in Criccieth, and christened with the Welsh name John Ystumllyn.

Black British was taught English and Welsh by the locals, became a gardener at the estate and "grew into a handsome and vigorous young man".

Black British married local woman Margaret Gruffydd in 1768 and their descendants still live in the area.

Black British was defeated, leading the leader of the Conservative Party, Lord Salisbury to remark that "however great the progress of mankind has been, and however far we have advanced in overcoming prejudices, I doubt if we have yet got to the point of view where a British constituency would elect a Blackman".

One of the Black British soldiers during World War I was Walter Tull, an English professional footballer, born to a Barbadian carpenter Daniel Tull and Kent-born Alice Elizabeth Palmer.

Tull became the first Black British-born mixed-heritage infantry officer in a regular Black British Army regiment, despite the 1914 Manual of Military Law specifically excluding soldiers that were not "of pure European descent" from becoming commissioned officers.

At Australian insistence, the Black British refused to accept the Racial Equality Proposal put forward by the Japanese at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.

Black British sued for breach of contract and was awarded damages.

Black British did not come into widespread use until the second generation were born to these post-war migrants to the UK.

The increasing consciousness of Black British peoples was deeply informed by the influx of Black American culture imported by Black servicemen during and after World War II, music being a central example of what Jacqueline Nassy-Brown calls "diasporic resources".

Black British spoke against racism and for equality in regards to all residents of Britain.

The rate of inter-racial marriage between Black British citizens born in Africa and native Britons is still fairly low, compared to those from the Caribbean.

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Some members of the Black British community were involved in the 2001 Harehills race riot and 2005 Birmingham race riots.

An academic journal article published in 2005, citing sources from 1997 and 2001, estimated that nearly half of Black British-born African-Caribbean men, a third of Black British-born African-Caribbean women, and a fifth of African men, have white partners.

British Black dialect has been influenced by Jamaican Patois owing to the large number of immigrants from Jamaica, but it is spoken or imitated by those of different ancestry.

Black British music is a long-established and influential part of British music.

Secondly, the Black British History Month magazine is a central point of focus which leads the nationwide celebration of Black British History, Arts and Culture throughout the UK.

Many major Black British publications are handled through Diverse Media Group, which specialises in helping organisations reach Britain's Black and minority ethnic community through the main media they consume.

Black British'storian Winston James argues that the experience of racism in Britain was a major factor in the development of a shared Caribbean identity amongst black immigrants from a range of different island and class backgrounds.

Media representation of young black British people has focused particularly on "gangs" with black members and violent crimes involving black victims and perpetrators.

Black British people were seven times more likely to be stopped and searched by police compared to white people, according to the Home Office, A separate study said blacks were more than nine times more likely to be searched.

The Powerlist is not limited to Black British born citizens and it includes individuals born overseas who have emigrated to the UK.

Some Black British aristocrats descend from the Afro-Russian courtier General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, including Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster and her sister Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn – the daughters of Georgina, Lady Kennard – and their descendants .

Black British is the host of the long-running BBC quiz shows Mastermind and Celebrity Mastermind.

Black British actors are increasingly found starring in major Hollywood movies, notable examples include Kingsley Ben-Adir, John Boyega, Lois Chimimba, Franz Drameh, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Harewood, Naomie Harris, Daniel Kaluuya, Adrian Lester, Delroy Lindo, Lashana Lynch, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Thandiwe Newton, Sophie Okonedo, Eunice Olumide, David Oyelowo, Aaron Pierre, Hugh Quarshie, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Colin Salmon, Antonia Thomas, Eamonn Walker, and Ashley Walters.

Notable Black British writers include Andrea Levy, whose best selling book, Small Island, won the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Black British is the son of Jamaican immigrants who came to the United Kingdom in the 1950s.

Black British spent almost 10 years uninteruptedly fighting fascists, taking part in the Battle of Cable Street, and fighting in numerous battles including the Dunkirk evacuation, and the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Black British joined the RAF as a 19-year-old cadet to read aeronautical engineering at the Queen's University Belfast.

Black British received his commission in 1975 and was awarded the distinguished Sword of Honour, which is bestowed upon the top cadet officer of the year.

The most decorated Black British athlete is Jamaica-born Linford Christie, who moved to the United Kingdom at age seven.

Black British was winner of the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 1992 Olympics, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games.

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Black British topped the 2007 Powerlist as the most powerful Black male in the United Kingdom by New Nation magazine and was appointed to then Prime Minister Gordon Brown's business advisory panel.

Black British is the founding director of Connect Support Services, an IT services company pioneering fixed-price support.

Black British was Chairman of DeHavilland Information Services plc, a news and information services company, and was a regional finalist in the 2003 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards.

Black British became the first black billionaire to enter the Sunday Times Rich List in 2021.

Black British's has been named the most influential Black person in the UK, ranking at the top of the annual Powerlist in 2022.

Businesses owned by Black British Britons generate more than £10bn for the UK each year, according to the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship .

Black British was knighted in 2003, and in 2006 he took a seat in the House of Lords as a working life peer, Baron Morris of Handsworth.