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Black Liverpool Today

The diversity of Liverpool's black community can be quite clearly seen today if one walks down the majestic Princes Avenue, one of the main streets in the Toxteth L8 area of the city. Somalis, Yemenis, Africans, Caribbean and probably the most unique of all, Liverpool born black people, can be seen living, working and being educated side by side. Today, the terms Toxteth and L8 are both commonly used to refer to the location of Liverpool's black community, the latter term being the most popular with black residents themselves. The non-white population of Liverpool is now estimated to be around 8.2 per cent.

Click here to see the results of our prestigious Black History Month Achievers Awards, held on 27th October 2007.

Listed here are some members of Liverpool's black community:

Donna Berry	Wally Brown CBE
Michelle Charters	Judith Cummings
Garth Dallas	Raymond Sugar Dean
Claire Dove MBE, DL, FRSA	Bea Freeman
Gloria Hyatt MBE	Sagal Jama
James Klass & Mandy Smith	Levi Tafari
One Heart One Voice	Laurence Westgaph

If you would like to submit photos of individuals from the black community, kindly email them to alena.tan@merseyside.org.uk.

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