Blue Plaques for Black individuals

According to research in 2021, 96% of the Blue Plaques in London are dedicated to white individuals, with only 4% for Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds. The first Blue Plaque dedicated to a Black individual was in 1975 and it would be another 11 years before the next would be issued.

You can nominate individuals for a Blue Plaque here.

Here is a list of the Blue Plaques dedicated to Black and other non-white individuals.

Bob Marley | Musician
42 Oakley Street, Chelsea SW3 5HA

Cetshwayo | Monarch
18 Melbury Road, Holland Park, London W14 8LT

Elisabeth Welch | Singer
Ovington Court, Ovington Gardens, Brompton Road, Kensington, London SW5 1LB

Ellen and William Craft | Refugees from slavery and campaigners for abolition
26 Cambridge Grove, London W6 0LA

Harold Moody (Dr) | Doctor and campaigner
164 Queen’s Road, Peckham, London SE15 2HP

Ira Aldrige | Actor
5 Hamlet Road, Upper Norwood, London SE19 2AP

J S Risien Russel (Dr) | Neurologist
44 Wimpole Street, Marylebone, London W1G 8SA

Jimi Hendrix | Musician
23 Brook Street, Mayfair, London W1K 4HA

John Richard Archer | Civic Leader
55 Brynmaer Road, Battersea London SW11 4EN

Jomo Kenyatta | Statesman
95 Cambridge Street, Pimlico, London SW1V 4PY

Kwame Nkrumah | Statesman
60 Burghley Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 1UN

Laurie Cunningham | Footballer
73 Lancaster Road, Stroud Green, London N4 4PL

Learie Constantine (Sir) | Cricketer and statesman
101 Lexham Gardens, Earls Court, London W8 6JN

Marcus Garvey | Pan Africanist leader
53 Talgarth Road, Barons Court, London W14 9DD

Mary Seacole | Nurse and war hero
14 Soho Square, Soho, London WID 3QG

Ottobah Cugoano | Author and anti-slavery campaigner
Schomberg House, 80-82 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HF

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Composer
30 Dagnall Park, South Norwood, London SE25 5PH

Solomon T Plaatje | Writer and campaigner
25 Carnarvon Road, Walthamstow, London E10 6DW

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