Henry Sylvester Williams green plaque

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# Henry Sylvester Williams at 38 Church Street, Paddington Standing at 38 Church Street in Paddington, you're standing at the very heart of Henry Sylvester Williams's political breakthrough—the address from which he launched his historic 1906 campaign to become Westminster's first Black councillor,...

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38 Church Street, Paddington

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Henry Sylvester Williams 1867-1911 Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner first black councillor in Westminster elected 1906 for Church Street Ward