The activists fighting to get a person of colour on the next £50 note

The people you see on British banknotes today all made history and shaped society in one way or another. They have at least one thing in common: they’re all white.  

Those faces belong to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, author Jane Austen, economist Adam Smith, and industrial revolution engineers Matthew Boulton and James Watt. 

But now there’s an opportunity to add some diversity. 

In November, the Bank of England announced that the next £50 note will feature a prominent British scientist and it asked the public to submit names.  Read more…

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