1988 John Roberts QC CBE became the first Black person (of Sierra Leone background) to become a QC (or Queen's Counsel) in the UK..
1989 Professor Sir Geoff Palmer became the first Black professor (of Caribbean background) at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.
1993 Lord Herman Ouseley became the first Black person of Caribbean background to serve as the chairman and CEO of the Commission for Racial Equality
1996 Windrush Foundation was founded in London by Sam King MBE and Arthur Torrington CBE to promote good race and community relations.
1997 Baroness Valerie Amos PC, the former CEO of the Equal Opportunities Commission (or EOC), received a life peerage to become Baroness Amos of Brondesbury in Brent.
1997 Patricia Scotland PC QC received a life peerage and became Baroness Scotland of Asthal in Oxfordshire.
1998 Chris Ofili became the first Black winner of the Turner Prize for his work which used balls of elephant dung attached to his mixed media images on canvas.
2004 Michael Fuller QPM made history by becoming the first Black man of Caribbean background to hold the title of Chief Constable in the Kent Constabulary.
August 2007 statue of President Nelson Mandela was erected in Parliament Square, London to honour his sacrifice and work to free South Africa from Apartheid.