There have been calls for removal of the memorial to Uncle Mack on Broadstairs sea front as he led Uncle Mack's Broadstairs Minstrels in blackface.

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Inscription reads: 'IN MEMORY OF / UNCLE MACK / ( SUMMERSON) / WHO ENTERTAINED THE / RESIDENTS OF AND THE / VISITORS TO BROADSTAIRS / FOR OVER 50 YEARS / 1895 - 1948 / HE BROUGHT JOY AND / LAUGHTER TO YOUNG / AND OLD.'

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Location: Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK
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