Learie Constantine
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title:
Learie Constantine
text:
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, was a Trinidadian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black peer. He played 18 Test matches for the West Indies before the Second World War and took the team's first wicket in Test cricket. An advocate against racial discrimination, in later life he was influential in the passing of the 1965 Race Relations Act in Britain. He was knighted in 1962 and m
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West Indian cricketer and politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learie_Constantine
date created:
2005-04-13T18:24:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T22:54:42Z
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