Sam Beaver King, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sam Beaver King

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: Portland Parish, Surrey County, Jamaica

Date of Death: 17-Jun-2016

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Sam Beaver King

  • Sam Beaver King MBE (20 February 1926 – 17 June 2016) was a Jamaican-British campaigner.
  • He first came to England as an engineer in the RAF during the Second World War but returned to Jamaica in 1947.
  • Failing to settle there, King took passage to London on the famous 1948 Empire Windrush sailing.
  • He later became the first black mayor of Southwark and a campaigner in support of West Indian immigrants to the country.

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