Plaque

(lost) Winifred Atwell - black plaque

Erection date: 6/11/2020

Inscription

Winifred Atwell, 1914 - 1983, first black person to have a number one hit in the UK, and still the only female instumentalist to do so.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Black Plaque Project

Site: Winifred Atwell (2 memorials)

SE24, Railton Road, 82d

The Shropshire Star reported that the black plaque was erected in November 2020 apparently as a temporary plaque and on 18 December that same year it was replaced with the blue one.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Winifred Atwell - black plaque

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Winifred Atwell

Pianist. Born Una Winifred Atwell in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago. Her birth...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Winifred Atwell - black plaque

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Black Plaque Project

An extension of the Nubian Jak Community Trust plaque scheme. It recognises b...

Nubian Jak Community Trust

Group, Race Issues

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Winifred Atwell - black plaque

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Winifred Atwell - blue plaque

Multimillion disc selling piano impresario, Winifred Atwell, 1914 - 1983, ope...

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