Ballet star Shevelle Dynott was among three high-fliers to meet Gordon Brown at the launch of an exhibition to celebrate great black Britons.

The PM shook hands with the English National Ballet performer, whose rise to fame began when a dance charity visited his primary school in Brixton, South London.

Shevelle, 21, said: "It was great to meet Gordon Brown. He was very supportive of the exhibition."

n display are photographs of the nation's top 50 black role models.

All were taken by Daily Mirror photographer John Ferguson, one of the first black photographers in Fleet Street. While launching the Black Britannia exhibition Mr Brown also met pioneering (ex) school head Gloria Hyatt MBE, from Liverpool, and Olympic hopeful Yona Knight-Wisdom, 12.
The Leeds schoolboy is a member of the national diving squad.
They listened proudly as Mr Brown said: "Britain wouldn't be Britain without the contribution of its black doctors, teachers, writers, business people, entertainers, artists and sportsmen and women."
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Black Britannia is on at City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London.
Open daily 8am-8pm Monday to Friday until 11 April. Admission free.
This exhibition is touring nationally

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