Only 1.6% of London's Historic Plaques Celebrate Black Pioneers. A Campaign Aims to Fill the Gap

Work by Havas London for Nubian Jak Community reveals fascinating stories behind Britain's Black pioneers

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LONDON—There are more than 900 circular blue plaques on buildings around England’s capital city, each of them bearing the name of an exceptional person who lived or worked there in the past.

The ongoing effort, maintained by nonprofit English Heritage, celebrates pioneers in their fields—including politicians, scientists, artists and musicians—and aims to commemorate them. But the vast majority of plaques celebrate white people, leaving the famously diverse city lacking in monuments to its Black pioneers.

To change this, the nonprofit Nubian Jak Community Trust—which determined 1.6%

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