Comment on Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds

tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

“She would have expected people to name figures such as Quintus Lollius Urbicus, who became governor of Roman Britain; the formerly enslaved Olaudah Equiano, who became an abolitionist and writer; Mary Seacole, who provided sustenance and care for British soldiers during the Crimean war, and the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.”

I’ve literally never heard of any of these people… schools don’t cover them - I couldn’t name any white romans either from the UK… Obviously I’ve heard of some of the emperors, but that’s it.

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