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Date: Thursday 31 October 2019
Time: 10:00am
Motion detail
Jennette Arnold OBE AM moved, and Unmesh Desai AM seconded the following motion which was agreed unanimously:
This Assembly notes that October marks Black History Month, the annual commemoration of the contributions, history and achievements of black people in the UK.
From the first black Briton prose writer, Ignatius Sancho, published in 1766, to Lilian Bader, the very first black women to join the British Armed Forces, and the many women
and men who emigrated from the Caribbean to the UK to help address labour shortages after World War II.
This Assembly recognises the story of black Britain is the story of Britain itself. London has a long-cherished relationship of being a destination for new arrivals in Britain, making it the special place it is today.
Yet there has been a substantial increase in racist and religious hate crimes targeting those of black and minority ethnic heritage.
The Assembly celebrates the contributions that people from black and minority ethnic communities make and condemns the disgraceful harassment that still occurs in London.
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