Black Soldiers In Conflict: Walter Tull

Today, there are numerous Black footballers being adored by fans and earning millions of pounds in the British Premier League.

Tré Ventour-Griffiths

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Previously published in The Nenequirer

When football began, it was more or less exclusively white. Well, until one Black Briton had the courage and candour to cross the white line. In the early 20th century, he was one of the first, Black professional footballers. You’d think swimming with the sharks would guarantee him a place…

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Tré Ventour-Griffiths

Award-Winning Educator | Creative | Public Historian-Sociologist | Speaks: Race, Neurodiversity, Film + TV, Black British History + more | #Autistic #Dyspraxic