Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent. The term Black … See more

The 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. For example, Southall Black Sisters was established in 1979 "to m… See more

Although none definitively black, there is archaeological evidence of people with North African ancestry in Roman Britain. A craniometric study of 22 individuals from Southwark, Roman London, found that four of them ap… See more

Multicultural London English is a variety of the English language spoken by a large number of the Black British population of Afro-Caribbean ancestry. British Black dialect has been influenced by Jamaican Patois owing … See more

Well-known black Britons living before the 20th century include the Chartist William Cuffay; William Davidson, who was executed as a Cato Street conspirator; Olaudah Equiano (also called Gustavus Vassa), a f… See more

People of black African and Caribbean ancestry such as Bernie Grant, Valerie, Baroness Amos, David Lammy, Dawn Butler, Sir Mark Hendrick and Diane Abbott, as well as Oona, Baroness King, and Paul, Lord Boateng, … See more