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How Nottingham creatively celebrated Jamaican-born Eric Irons, UK’s first Black magistrate

How Nottingham creatively celebrated Jamaican-born Eric Irons, UK’s first Black magistrate

He was a strong advocate for social justice and rose to become United Kingdom’s first Black magistrate in 1962. Eric Irons OBE grew up in Jamaica and later relocated to Nottingham in 1948 following his military engagement in World War II. His extraordinary story of pushing strongly for equal rights inspired a wave of artwork…

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