I got this story off of First-Magazine’s blog. This is a nice piece of history that relates to the men from the Caribbean who served in the British Royal Air Force. Cy Grant was a former airman who died at the age of 90 on February 13, 2010. Before he passed away, he was able to put a website together that commemorates the contributions of Caribbean airman who have been forgotten by history.

Volunteering as navigator for a Royal Air Force bomber, Grant spent two years in a German POW prison after he was shot down in the Netherlands; became ‘Britain’s best-known black person’ as a famous Calypsonian and then actor…and all before finishing up as a cultural activist.

“Of course, I was aware of the racism in British society – witness what happened to me, an ex-RAF officer and a prisoner of war. After qualifying as a barrister – no job opportunities,” he told the Islington Tribune. “I was forced to confront myself, to stand up and be counted, so to speak.”

- First Magazine