Project ID: 809
| Description | John Archer is often held up as an icon of black British history. He was the first black man to become mayor of a London borough, and only the second in the whole country. In April 2013, he was selected by the Royal Mail as one of the subjects for a series of stamps celebrating “Great Britons”. |
| Topics | Social history |
| Type | U3A-led research (SLP) |
| U3A | Wandsworth U3A |
| Year started | 2018 |
| Source of reference | Citizens 800 website - see below |
| Notes | This is one of number of SLPs linked to the Citizens project at Royal Holloway College - see file card 547 for details See www.citizens800.org/U3A for more information |