WEST INDIAN SEEKS SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Dr. David Pitt, the Labour Party’s candidate for the London borough of Hampstead, is the first negro to stand for Parliament in the United Kingdom. He is shown with Hampstead residents at the start of his canvassing campaign. Dr. Pitt is 46 years old and was born in the West Indies.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29016, 3 October 1959, Page 4
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59WEST INDIAN SEEKS SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Dr. David Pitt, the Labour Party’s candidate for the London borough of Hampstead, is the first negro to stand for Parliament in the United Kingdom. He is shown with Hampstead residents at the start of his canvassing campaign. Dr. Pitt is 46 years old and was born in the West Indies. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29016, 3 October 1959, Page 4
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