A memorial headstone has been laid for a sailor who was murdered by a racist rob more than 100 years ago.
More than a century after his murder Charles Wotten’s final resting place, in a public grave in Anfield, will receive a permanent memorial. The Liverpool Black History Research Group in collaboration with the Liverpool Enslaved Memorial Project have raised funds to provide a lasting memorial to the sailor from Bermuda who was killed during the 1919 Liverpool Race Riots.
An adult education centre founded in 1974 was given his name and became a hub for Liverpool’s black community. The Charles Wotten centre on Upper Parliament Street in Toxteth inspired a generation of young activists in the fight for equality.
