This is the story of just one of them, the fabulous footballer Laurie Cunningham. Back in the 1970s, over 50 years ago, Laurie was one of the first to show us that black British footballers can be ...

Jude Bellingham's Real Madrid bow rivalling last English pioneer 'as good as Cristiano Ronaldo' ...

Two - Baroness Floella Benjamin and Malorie Blackman - are part of the current generation; Betty Campbell and Laurie Cunningham belong to the period 'within living memory'; while Olaudah Equiano ...