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This blue commemorative plaque records: Lord Learie Constantine 1901-1971 cricketing legend, political activist and first black peer lived here 1930-1949 Recorded plaque organisation: Pendle Council.
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Lord Learie Constantine was a pioneering cricketer and civil rights advocate who played professionally in the West Indies and England, and later became a prominent anti-racism activist; he was also the first person of African Caribbean descent to be appointed to the British House of Lords.
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