Black history is about some great events and personalities

TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,
I heap deserved kudos on Guyanese, Sherry Ann Dixon, who has been inducted into ‘The Black 100+ Hall of Fame.’ The Black100+ Project is really an exhibition of the top 100 black achievers in Britain. To get in this coterie is really difficult and that is why I have nothing but respect for the new inductee. Ms Dixon is just about the ideal character. She is or has been, at some time, a journalist, radio presenter, university lecturer and a member of the National Black Women’s Network (NBWN). I just hope that readers will be inspired. She will be featured in a historic photographic record of black achievement, designed to inspire young people to excel and create a legacy for future generations.
I hope that, by highlighting her success and her valuable contributions to society, people will be stirred. Dixon now joins some of the top UK black celebrities (who are already there) in The Black 100+ Exhibition including: Baroness Lola Young; Councillor Mackie Sheik (former deputy mayor of Southwark); Comedian Lenny Henry, Order of the British Empire (OBE); Actor and Playwright Kwame-Kwei Armah, OBE, and Actor Rudolph Walker, Member of the British Empire (MBE).
In fact most of those featured in the Black 100+ Exhibition have gone on to receive an OBE or MBE from the Queen of England. I esteem these people in a category that is most enviable. I am sure that they had to endure a lot of obstacles in their many pursuits. However, they have overcome and now they have that all – important voice. I refer here to some kind of moral rectitude which allows for them to effect changes in society.
Dixon will be documented as an inspirational figure in the field of media in the Legacy Book, which is an artifact that will become a historical record, preserving Black history in the UK. The Legacy Book will be secured within a library and legacy building, to create a permanent record for future generations. Black history is about great events and personalities and should be celebrated as such.
Yours faithfully,
Joshua DeAbreau

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