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Marx Memorial Library black history month event on Britain’s only black international brigadier

A PACKED meeting in central London paid tribute to Charlie Hutchison on Saturday, the only black Briton who is known to have volunteered with the International Brigades.

As part of Black History Month celebrations, the Marx Memorial Library event hosted a series of presentations, poetry readings and art displays by students at Newham Sixth Form College to commemorate the life of Mr Hutchison.

Alongside the scores of students taking part were 16 members of Mr Hutchison’s family.

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