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The Latest Breaking News from John La Rose

Council leader hit with torrent of abuse over renaming of Tottenham’s Black Boy Lane

The street in Haringey Borough has been renamed La Rose Lane after seminal black author and poet John La Rose

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2023

Street sign on former Black Boy Lane vandalised within 24 hours of renaming

Black Boy Lane in Tottenham was renamed La Rose Lane on Monday.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Street renamed for being ‘racist’ vandalised after just one day

Haringey council leader attacks ‘mindless vandalism’

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

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London street sign for former ‘Black Boy Lane’ vandalised after renaming

Tottenham street renamed La Rose Lane after consultation has been defaced with spray paint

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023

‘Mindless’ vandals target new street signs after Black Boy Lane renamed La Rose Lane in honour of author

Street named was changed after residents complained of racist connotations

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2023

London’s ‘Black Boy Lane’ renamed after fallout from Black Lives Matters protests

Black Boy Lane in Tottenham, was renamed La Rose Lane after John La Rose

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Tottenham’s controversial Black Boy Lane to be renamed after black author and activist John La Rose

A consultation was held after residents raised concerns the road’s name could be seen as offensive

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022

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Anti-racism activist and co-founder of New Beacon Books, Britain’s first specialist black bookshop and publishing company

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