Black people in Liverpool
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Liverpool-born Black people are those of Black African ancestry born in the city of Liverpool. Liverpool has the United Kingdom's oldest and longest established black community, going back several generations.[1] Liverpool's black community is also unusual among those in the United Kingdom, as the Liverpool-born Black British community often constitute a category distinct from later African and Afro-Caribbean migrants.[2]
History
Dating to the 1730s, the Black community of Liverpool is Britain's oldest, with some Liverpudlians being able to trace their black heritage for as many as ten generations. The community dates back to the
Social unrest
The Liverpool Black community experienced unrest early on, with race riots going back to the time of soldiers returning from the
Between 31 July and 2 August 1948, Liverpool experienced three nights of racial violence on a scale not witnessed since the end of the First World War.[7]
Infamous were the 1981 Toxteth riots, which was the direct result of long-standing tensions between the local police and the black community and that saw hundreds of police and public injured, one man dead, 500 arrested, 70 buildings destroyed and damage estimated at £11m.[8]
Notable Black Liverpudlians
- Hope Akpan, footballer
- Trent Alexander-Arnold, footballer
- David Aliu, basketball player
- Diane Allahgreen, hurdler
- The Real Thing
- Joanne Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool (May 2021 - )
- Victor Anichebe, footballer
- John Archer, politician
- Paul Barber, actor
- Joe Bygraves, boxer
- Craig Charles, actor and comedian
- Steven Cole, actor
- John Conteh, boxer
- Louis Emerick, actor
- Rebecca Ferguson, singer
- Howard Gayle, first black footballer to play for Liverpool F.C.
- Sugar Gibiliru, boxer
- Chelcee Grimes, footballer
- Billy Higgins, karateka
- Michael Ihiekwe, footballer
- Andy Iro, footballer
- Jetta, musician and singer
- Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson, heptathlete
- Natasha Jonas, boxer
- Leon Lopez, actor
- Cliff Marshall, first black Liverpudlian to play for Everton F.C.
- Adam Nowell, basketball player
- Anyika Onuora, sprinter
- Nikita Parris, footballer
- Larry Paul, boxer
- Jordan Ramos, gymnast
- Robin Reid, boxer
- Cathy Tyson, actress
- Laurence Westgaph, social and political historian
Further reading
- Costello, Ray (2001). Black Liverpool: The Early History of Britain's Oldest Black Community 1730-1918. Liverpool: Picton Press.
References
- ^ David Clay, ""The changing face of community participation: the Liverpool black experience", Participatory Learning and Action 58 (IIED), June 2008.
- ^ Diane Frist, Work and Community Among West African Migrant Workers Since the Nineteenth Century, Liverpool University Press, 1999, p. 188.
- ^ a b Costello, Ray. "The Liverpool-Born Black Community". Diverse magazine. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ISBN 978-1400826414. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "Office for National Statistics". National Statistics. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012.
- ^ David Clay, "The changing face of community participation: the Liverpool black experience", in Tom Wakeford, Jasber Singh, Participatory Learning and Action 58, Towards Empowered Participation: Stories and Reflections (IIED), June 2008, p. 89.
- ISSN 0955-2359.
- ^ "Toxteth Riots 1981 background - and how it all began", Liverpool Echo, 4 July 2011.