Grant, Bernie (Bernard Alexander Montgomery), 1944-2000
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- Bernard Alexander Montgomery
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- Organization: Tottenham Technical College (London, England)
- Organization: Parliamentary Black Caucus (Great Britain)
- Organization: All Party Group on Race and Community (Great Britain)
- Organization: British Caribbean Group
- Organization: Select Committee on International Development (Great Britain)
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found: Dawn to dusk, 2006:t.p. (Bernie Grant, MP) p.11 (Bernard Alexander Montgomery, born 17 Feb. 1944) colophon (Bernis Grant, MP, 17 Feb. 1944 - 8 Apr. 2000)
found: Oxford Companion to Black British History, accessed March 05, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Grant, Bernie; Nickname of Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant; politician; born in Georgetown, British Guiana, in 1944; graduated from Tottenham Technical College in north London (1965-1967); studied for a degree in mining engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh but did not graduate; worked as an international telephonist, becoming a shop steward in the Union of Post Office Workers; founded and worked for the Black Trade Unionists' Solidarity Movement (1981-1984); joined Tottenham Labour Party (1973); was elected a councillor for the London borough of Haringey (1978); was voted into Parliament (1987) as one of the first black MPs in modern time, was chair of the Parliamentary Black Caucus, the All Party Group on Race and Community, and the British Caribbean Group; was appointed a member of the Select Committee on International Development; died 8 April 2000)
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2007-09-20: new
2023-07-04: revised
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