BBC plaque to mark earliest black Briton removed because she ‘was from Cyprus’
A BBC plaque celebrating the “first black Briton” has been removed because scientific evidence shows she was not African in origin.
The sign honouring the 1,800-year-old remains of “Beachy Head Lady”, a female said to be of African origin, was erected in an East Sussex village as part of the 2016 Black and British series fronted by Prof David Olusoga, the historian.
