Black History Month: Europe's Black Legacy

Check out some of Europe’s Black heroes and heroines.

Alexandre Dumas - Dumas was the son of French war hero Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and went on to become one of the most widely read French authors.(Photo: Courtesy wikicommons)
Laura Beyne - Laura Beyne, 19, became the second Black Miss Belgium when she won the Miss Belgium 2012 competition earlier this month.  (Photo: BENOIT DOPPAGNE/AFP/Getty Images)
Ainsley Harriott - The British celebrity chef worked his way through some of London's best restaurants and eventually earned cooking spots on morning television and his own line of food products.(Photo: Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Coleridge-Taylor was a storied British composer and musician.(Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Harry Roselmack - Harry Roselmack is a French television journalist who grabbed a lion's share of the ratings when he became the first Black anchor on French network TF1. (Photo: REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer)

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Laura Beyne - Laura Beyne, 19, became the second Black Miss Belgium when she won the Miss Belgium 2012 competition earlier this month.  (Photo: BENOIT DOPPAGNE/AFP/Getty Images)

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