• Black Voices In Conversation

  • By: ITV News
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Black Voices In Conversation

By: ITV News
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  • Black Voices In Conversation is a series of interviews by ITV News to mark Black History Month 2020. Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland we've spoken to groundbreaking individuals from the black community to learn about their life experiences and to hear their vision for the future.
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  • Alex Williams, the first black goalkeeper in English football's top flight

    Alex Williams, the first black goalkeeper in English football's top flight
    Nov 4 2020
    In 1980, at the age of 19, Alex Williams became the first black goalkeeper in the top flight of English football when he pulled on the No 1 shirt for Manchester City.

    Alex spoke to ITV Granada's Jahmal Williams-Thomas about racism he faced from the stands and about his work for Manchester City's community programme, inspiring young people through sport.
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    21 mins
  • Reverend Eve Pitts on her path to becoming Britain's first female Caribbean vicar

    Reverend Eve Pitts on her path to becoming Britain's first female Caribbean vicar
    Oct 30 2020
    ITV Central's Pablo Taylor sat down with Reverend Eve Pitts of the Holy Trinity Church in Birmingham to talk about her life and journey to becoming Britain's first female Caribbean vicar.

    Reverend Eve moved to the UK from Jamaica in the 1960s to live with her mother in Nottingham. At the time the city wasn't as diverse as it is today, so the Black community stuck together - 'safety in numbers,' as she says.

    Racism has followed Eve throughout her life, as she tells Pablo, whether it be people shouting expletives from cars, police storming her youth club with a dog, or through a lack of career opportunities.

    In 1989, she became Britain’ first female Caribbean vicar and in 2009 was appointed to serve the Holy Trinity Church. She has been a trailblazer in promoting equal rights for women and tackling racial injustice.
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    21 mins
  • Playwright Olu Rowe on growing up in a white family

    Playwright Olu Rowe on growing up in a white family
    Oct 29 2020
    ITV Meridian’s Nia Mason speaks with playwright, musician, Olu Rowe, about how he was adopted and raised by a white family in Portsmouth in the 1970s.

    He recently wrote the play "Keep on Moving" based on his experiences and upbringing; the play begins on the moment he was almost run over.
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    25 mins
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