Full Name
Cyril “Cy” Ewart Lionel Grant
Date of Birth
November 8, 1919
Place of Birth
Beterverwagting, British Guiana (now Guyana)
Date of Death
February 13, 2010
Education
Queen’s College, Guyana Royal Air Force College Cranwell
Spouses Names
Children Names
Samantha Moxon, Dominic Grant, Dana Grant Paul Grant
Parents Names
Information not provided
Known Affiliates Names
Royal Air Force Tuskegee Airmen Paul Brickhill Joost Kllotwijk Nadia Cattouse Errol John Earl Cameron Richard Burton Joan Collins Bernard Levin John Mapondera
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
Royal Air Force Tuskegee Airmen Tonight BBC Drum Arts Centre Roehampton University Scientific and Medical Network Concord Multicultural Festivals Allied Forces
Cy Grant was a distinguished Guyanese actor, musician, writer, and poet. He served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was one of the few Caribbean aircrew members to survive the war. After the war, he became the first black person to be regularly featured on British television with his appearances on the BBC’s “Tonight” show. Grant was also a founding member of the Drum arts centre in Birmingham, a hub for black British and British Asian arts. He was a prominent figure in the arts and a vocal advocate for civil rights, using his platform to address issues of race and colonialism. Grant passed away on February 13, 2010[1].