Tributes paid to Ipswich's first black mayor Dr Albert Grant

Dr Albert Grant OBE, who has died at the age of 89, was a 'giant' whose work 'impacted many lives'.

Tributes have been paid to Albert Grant OBE, the first black mayor of Ipswich, who has died at the age of 89.

He served as a local councillor for 26 years and deputy mayor for one year, as well as a founding member of both the Ipswich Caribbean Association and the Ipswich and Suffolk West Indian Association.

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