Mary Seacole is included in the latest 100 Great Black Britons publication which was launched last week. The book is already a best seller under 4 categories of Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Black-Britons-Patrick-Vernon/dp/1472144309 

To find our more who is featured in the top 100 list see link https://www.100greatblackbritons.co.uk/

Please see link to various media stories

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/steve-mcqueen-bernardine-evaristo-100-great-black-britons

https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/100-great-black-britons-list

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/01/black-history-month-great-britons-munroe-bergdorf-edward-enninful-lady-phyll/

In addition, we are running a competition from pre-school to young adults. Please encourage your local school and young people to get involved please see details

https://www.100greatblackbritons.co.uk/competition.html

Also, with the support of the NEU we have a category for teachers. Please see further details

https://www.100greatblackbritons.co.uk/teachers.html

In partnership with Racing Green who are making a making a full length movie on the life of Mary Seacole we are offering fantastic prizes as part of the school competition including meeting the cast and observing edition and post production of the film for young people. Further details

https://racinggreenpictures.com/press-9-2020/

Finally, Yvonne Davis a retired schoolteacher and part of the short-listing panel for 100 Great Black Britons has launched a GoFundMe campaign that a free copy of the book 100 Great Black Britons should be in every secondary school in Britain. It would be great to support this campaign. Please see the link

https://www.gofundme.com/f/send-100-great-black-britons-to-every-school?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Schools can request a copy of the book as the campaign builds up 

https://www.100greatblackbritons.co.uk/books_for_schools.html

It was 17 years ago that Mary Seacole was voted the Great Black Briton with our 2020 campaign and publication we want to celebrate our new 100 list plus the 1000 nominations that we received that formed part of the long list and is included in the publication.

Thank you for ongoing support in preserving Mary Seacole legacy and contribution to Britain. We need to ensure that Black British history is part of British history.