Learie Constantine's guest appearances

Learie Constantine

Witness History

Great Lives

Witness History: Black history

Sporting Witness

Nina Simone

Marcus Garvey

Shirley Chisholm

Cicely Saunders

Roald Dahl

Amadou Diallo

Rodney King

Alfred Hitchcock

Samuel Beckett

Salvador Dali

Ernest Hemingway

Ursula Le Guin

Judy Garland

Haile Selassie

Jacqueline Du

OwlTail

The great West Indian cricketer, lawyer and member of the House of Lords took a London hotel to court when it refused to let him and his family stay there in 1943. Susan Hulme brings us his story from the BBC archives.Photo: Sir Learie Constantine outside Westminster Abbey in 1966. Credit: Douglas Miller/Keystone/Getty Images.

The great West Indian cricketer, lawyer and member of the House of Lords took a London hotel to court when it refused to let him and his family stay there in 1943. Susan Hulme brings us his story from the BBC archives. Photo: Sir Learie Constantine outside Westminster Abbey in 1966. Credit: Douglas Miller/Keystone/Getty Images.

Learie Constantine - fighting racism in the UK

Sir Trevor McDonald

The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine, the Trinidadian cricketer, politician and broadcaster who championed the rights of West Indians in Britain during the war years and afterwards. Producer: Maggie AyreFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine, the Trinidadian cricketer, politician and broadcaster who championed the rights of West Indians in Britain during the war years and afterwards. Producer: Maggie Ayre First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

Sir Trevor McDonald on Learie Constantine