Learie Constantine - fighting racism in the UK
The great West Indian cricketer who fought against racism in the UK
Witness History · BBC World Service
October 7, 20198m 57s
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Show Notes
The great West Indian cricketer, lawyer and member of the House of Lords took a London hotel to court when it refused to let him and his family stay there in 1943. Susan Hulme brings us his story from the BBC archives.
Photo: Sir Learie Constantine outside Westminster Abbey in 1966. Credit: Douglas Miller/Keystone/Getty Images.