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Black women are routinely erased from public memory and historical narratives of resistance. Here’s a quick thread of Black British Female activists you probably didn’t know about. 
Olive Morris:
Founding member of OWAAD, one of the most important black feminist organisations of the 60s. Vocal activist on issues of police brutality, immigration and residential discrimination. She was only 27 when she died.
Founding member of OWAAD, one of the most important black feminist organisations of the 60s. Vocal activist on issues of police brutality, immigration and residential discrimination. She was only 27 when she died.
Claudia Jones:
Journalist and activist. Author of the seminal piece ‘Ending the Neglect of Black Women’ and original founder of Notting Hill Carnival. Founder of Britain’s first major newsletter, the West Indian Gazette.
Journalist and activist. Author of the seminal piece ‘Ending the Neglect of Black Women’ and original founder of Notting Hill Carnival. Founder of Britain’s first major newsletter, the West Indian Gazette.
Althea Jones Lecointe:
One of the main leaders of the Black British Panthers. Also one of the Mangrove anime activists, in which their arrest and acquittal led to the first acknowledgement by the UK government that there was evidence of racial hatred in the police force.
One of the main leaders of the Black British Panthers. Also one of the Mangrove anime activists, in which their arrest and acquittal led to the first acknowledgement by the UK government that there was evidence of racial hatred in the police force.
Beverly Bryan:
Active in the British Black Panther Party and alongside Morris, set your the Black Women’s Working Group to take on police brutality and residential segregation. Co-author of ‘The Heart of Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain’. She later became a professor at UoW.
Active in the British Black Panther Party and alongside Morris, set your the Black Women’s Working Group to take on police brutality and residential segregation. Co-author of ‘The Heart of Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain’. She later became a professor at UoW.
Amy Ashwood-Garvey:
Former wife of Marcus Garvey and co founder of the Negro World, she moved to Great Britain, where she struck up a friendship with Ladipo Solanke. They founded the Nigerian Progress Union, and she was an active anti-fascist pan-African campaigner.
Former wife of Marcus Garvey and co founder of the Negro World, she moved to Great Britain, where she struck up a friendship with Ladipo Solanke. They founded the Nigerian Progress Union, and she was an active anti-fascist pan-African campaigner.
Leila Hassan Howe:
Editor of Race Today in the 80s and involved in the running of the Basement sessions, discussing black art, culture and politics.
Editor of Race Today in the 80s and involved in the running of the Basement sessions, discussing black art, culture and politics.
Margaret Busby:
Youngest and first black female book published in 1967. Cofounder if Allison and Busby, which published a lot of up and coming black writers. Continuously campaigns for diversity within the publishing industry.
Youngest and first black female book published in 1967. Cofounder if Allison and Busby, which published a lot of up and coming black writers. Continuously campaigns for diversity within the publishing industry.
