Foreword: Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Black History Month has, as always, a valuable role to play in increasing awareness across the country about the significance of the UK’s black heritage and the contribution of Black African and Caribbean communities to our country.

I am delighted to be invited once again to welcome readers to this year’s Black History Month guide

"A time to celebrate the splendid contributions and terrible sacrifices endured by Black people throughout the centuries’’

Lewis Hamilton:
Going for Gold

Lewis Hamilton, aged just 22, has taken the Formula 1 motor-racing world by storm, leading the F1 World Championship in his debut year. Born in Hertfordshire, to Grenadian parents, Lewis’ success, determination and composure has been an inspiration to many and has won him universal respect and admiration. Lewis Hamilton took time from his busy Formula 1 schedule to speak to Sugar Media’s BHM (The Official Guide to Black History Month).........