Asquith Xavier

Official account dedicated to the memory of the 1st black train guard @ Euston whose fight for equality changed UK race relations 🇩🇲
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[Asquith Xavier @asquithxavier]

Thank you to @KarmaCamealia for receiving this Windrush award for my contributions to the society from @MedwayAca … May it Inspire others to create change, create policies and create equal opportunities.
#RaceRelations #DiversityEqualityInclusion #DiversityAward #WindrushAwards

[Asquith Xavier @asquithxavier]

Such a proud moment for the family of Asquith Xavier to have a train named in his honour to remember his courageous contribution to modern day British history. The unveiling by his youngest daughters coincides with the start of #BlackHistoryMonthUK #bhm2023 @AvantiWestCoast

[Medway Culture Club @MedwayCulture]

@itvmeridian joined Medway Culture Club’s #Windrush75 session and spoke with our volunteers including founding member and chair person, @KarmaCamealia, who has a special link to local Windrush hero, @asquithxavier

[Medway Culture Club @MedwayCulture]

It is will great gratitude that @MedwayCulture Club announce that we have been awarded a grant from the @TNLComFund This funding will help provide key resources to strengthen our service and enable us to team up with people and businesses who can offer an added edge to events

[Marcus Ryder @marcusryder]

New podcast episode of #BlackBritishLivesMatter - Reparations Matter! ✊🏾
This is the game changer.
This is where we define our culture & politics.
@LennyHenry and I talk to @kehinde_andrews & @Xosei who drop pure 🔥 🔥
Listen now: https://t.co/FnBEdQAobr

[Alice Vinten @AVintenAuthor]

#Racism in the Met Police. These are the words of a female officer who served in the Met for 26 years. I will be sharing her full statement on my website shortly, and also a second 🧵 on the misogyny she faced. Her words are shocking. #InstitutionalRacism #MetPolice (1)

[Asquith Xavier @asquithxavier]

Just posted a photo @ University of Kent (Medway campus) https://t.co/9cLct69Zdn

[Asquith Xavier @asquithxavier]

Asquith Xavier: The man who broke the colour bar at Euston station @HISTORYUK https://t.co/Spq1yFbTFP

[medwayafricancaribbe @MedwayAca]

Really excited for our amazing award winners ! You can still pay on the door ! See you later

[Asquith Xavier @asquithxavier]

https://t.co/1Q6N6fcspy

[National Diversity Awards @ndawards]

🌟 In case you missed it, or even if you want to relive it all again, you can watch The National Diversity Awards 2022 from the comfort of your own home! 🌟

Comment below your magical memories and best bits - we can't wait to read them! 🎥❤️

WATCH HERE: https://t.co/9nKyTLzDjb

[Roosevelt Skerrit @SkerritR]

The Dominica Robotics Team is off to Geneva Switzerland to participate in the FIRST GLOBAL Robotics Competition from October 11-16. I welcomed the team members on Friday for a pep talk and to wish them luck for the competition.

[Asquith Xavier @asquithxavier]

@Medwayculture kicking off #blackhistorymonth events

[Medway Culture Club @MedwayCulture]

Medway Culture Club - https://t.co/vs9Ygh8Nhg # via @kmtv_kent

[Wikipedia @Wikipedia]

For #WikiUnseen, Trinidadian visual artist Esther Griffith chose to depict railroad worker Asquith Xavier—a man who, in Esther’s own words, “didn’t set out to be revolutionary; he simply wanted a new job.”

See his face, learn his story: https://t.co/d3zlegxOyz

[Wikipedia @Wikipedia]

We invited Esther Griffith, a visual artist based in Trinidad and Tobago, to create two portraits of historical figures whose images are missing from Wikipedia’s pages: Mercedes Richards and Asquith Xavier. Here are her thoughts about #WikiUnseen

[National Railway Museum @RailwayMuseum]

🧵 THREAD:

Asquith Xavier, trailblazing train guard, was born #OTD in 1920.

After his transfer to Euston from Marylebone was rejected because of his skin colour, he successfully lobbied to remove a colour bar at the station.

Read Asquith's story here👇

https://t.co/5yap1r0tmj

[Black History Month 2026 @bhmuk]

Not many will have heard the name Asquith Xavier, nor will they be aware of how the brave family man who faced racial discrimination in the workplace managed to beat the “colour bar”. https://t.co/sxYmlx5Qww