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Six celebrities reveal their black British heroes - from the sportsman who "wins and wins" to the singer who "was the only black female I could look up to that remotely looked anything like me".
Black British Hero is part of the Black and British season which celebrates the achievements of black people in the UK, explores the culture and history of black Britain and what it means to be black and British today.
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Video produced by Rob Brown & Dan Gordon
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