Cy Grant
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cy-grant-166-5292823
title:
Cy Grant
text:
Cyril Ewart Lionel Grant was a Guyanese actor, musician, writer, poet and World War II veteran. In the 1950s, he became the first black person to be featured regularly on television in Britain, mostly due to his appearances on the BBC current affairs show Tonight. Following service in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Grant worked as an actor and singer, before establishing the Drum Arts Centre in London in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he was appointed director of Concord Multicultural Festiv
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description:
Guyanese actor, musician and writer (1919–2010)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Grant
date created:
2007-03-15T17:43:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:32:54Z
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